PDIP Criticism Is Getting Tougher, Prabowo Gibran Reflects Jokowi's Third Period

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (DOK VOI/Wardhany Tsa Tsia)

JAKARTA - PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) insinuated that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) still wanted to be in power. Pair number two in the 2024 presidential election, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were accused of reflecting this ambition. This was conveyed by the Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto in response to the statement that the president and minister may take sides and even campaign. "What Pak Jokowi said finally proved that the Prabowo-Gibran pair was a mirror of Jokowi's three terms," said Hasto in a written statement, Thursday, January 25. Hasto then said that Jokowi violated political ethics and good state life by issuing this statement. In fact, he seemed to agree with the desire to extend the presidential term to three terms which were rejected by many parties. "With Pak Jokowi's firmness to participate in the campaign, it means that it is an indirect manifestation of the three-term power ambition. The public is now questioning various legal engineering carried out at the Constitutional Court to pass Gibran," he said. Furthermore, Hasto said that Jokowi's suspicion of following the presidential candidate campaign number three, Ganjar Pranowo, was true. It is known, after the former Governor of Central Java campaigned for an area, the father of the vice presidential candidate number two Gibran Rakabuming Raka will usually come a few days later. "Because of the ambition of the three periods, now the people understand why Pak Jokowi is so excited to follow Pak Ganjar Pranowo's campaign, especially in Central Java, East Java, Lampung, and NTT," said Hasto. "That's what is feared from Ganjar-Mahfud, up to more than a third of entrepreneurs contributing to the national economy were also deployed to support Paslon 02," he continued. Previously reported, Jokowi said that the president and political officials, including public officials, could take sides and even campaign. As long as no state facilities are used. "This is the right of democracy, every person's political right, every minister, the same. The president can campaign, the president can take sides," said Jokowi at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 24.

The former mayor of Solo even gave an open signal to campaign. This was conveyed by Jokowi before the Minister of Defense who is also the number two presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto.