Hasto Calls A Number Of Officials In Central Java And East Java Removed For Not Supporting Prabowo Gibran

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (14/1/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Secretary-General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto claimed that a number of regional heads in Central Java and East Java were removed because they did not want to side with presidential candidate pair number 2 Prabowo Subianto - Gibran Rakabuming. According to him, the heads of regions who were removed were asked to side with Prabowo-Gibran. However, they still want to be independent in explaining their duties. "There is an actual Pj-ph that is neutral but then because they do not want to carry out a side with 02 (Prabowo-Gibran), it is replaced. It happened in several regions in Central Java, also in East Java," said Hasto at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday, January 14. He believes that the intimidation actions used by the Prabowo-Gibran camp such as removing the Acting regional head would not have an effect. Because, Indonesian people who witnessed various intimidation would instead turn against Prabowo-Gibran. Hasto reminded that many people who believed Queen Adil's mythology. Therefore, when the people were pressured would actually provide resistance. "Currently there is an un-voters token phenomenon (the voters who have yet to make a choice, they will convey their voices to Ganjar-Mahfud at the time of the TPS (the place of the vote). This silent force that became the key to Pak Ganjar and Pak Mahfud's victory," he said. Previously, Hasto also revealed that Ganjar Pranowo's presidential candidate was diligent in campaigning in Central Java and East Java because in his two supporting provinces received a lot of intimidation. The intimidation in question has occurred to the village head. In fact, the intimidation has already spread in the social media various recordings showing TNI elements, the Police, the Prosecutor's Office, which shows an neutrality.

The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia has determined three participants in the 2024 presidential election, namely the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD number 3. The campaign period for the 2024 presidential election will take place from 28 November 2023 to 10 February 2024, then the voting schedule will be on 14 February 2024.