Pilgrimage To Tomb With Grandson, Anies Calls Nani Wartabone From Gorontalo An Example For The Successor Generation

Presidential Candidate (Capres) Anies Baswedan visited Nani Wartabone National Hero's grave in Gorontalo Province, Monday (8/1/2024). ANTARA/HO-Timnas AMIN

JAKARTA - Presidential Candidate (Capres) Anies Baswedan said the figure of National Hero Nani Wartabone from Gorontalo Province is an example for future generations to fight for integrity related to the unity and integrity of the nation in the future. Anies really admires the hero because of his persistence in maintaining the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). "Here we pray that the persistence of the struggle for national heroes will be an inspiration. God willing, there will be more fighters like Pak Nani in Gorontalo," said Anies after a pilgrimage at the grave of a national hero as quoted in a written statement received by ANTARA in Jakarta, Monday, January 8. Anies made a pilgrimage to the night with the grandson of Nani Wartabone, Arisman Wartabone. According to Anies, Nani was a fighter whose thoughts surpassed the times at that time. Nani is considered to have proclaimed independence, long before the proclamation of independence on August 17, 1945. Furthermore, the former Chancellor of Paramadina University said that the man was very consistent in fighting for unity, especially when he opposed all forms of division and movement that divided unity during the time of the Republic of Indonesia. United States (RIS) and PRRI or Permesta at that time. "He is a person full of simplicity, a leader who was born from a long process. Since he was a teenager he started the struggle by establishing Jong Gorontalo," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta for the 2017-2022 period. Anies also appreciated Nani as a simple figure until the end of her life, even though she had become a figure of independence at that time. "A very simple figure, after becoming a leader in the revolutionary era, the leader of the Gorontalo government after independence. And at the end of his life he was a simple farmer in the village," said Anies while remembering the figure. The General Election Commission (KPU) on Monday, November 13, 2023, determined three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres). The results of the draw and determination of the number of participants for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3.

The KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule will be on February 14, 2024.