Prabowo Spokesperson: Kidnapping Cases Like Kasets Damaged Repeated During Elections

Spokesperson for presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, together with Eddy Wijaya on the Edshare On (Ist) podcast

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, said that the kidnapping issue that was often addressed to Prabowo in the presidential election, was deliberately raised by his political opponents to attack Prabowo. The kidnapping case has always been repeated every election as if the cassette was damaged," said Dahnil while chatting with Eddy Wijaya on the EdshareOn podcast, in his statement, Monday, February 5. This is only for the benefit of the electoral and to downgrade Mr. Prabowo. According to Dahnil, Prabowo has been held accountable for himself in the case by stopping as a TNI officer. Even in the decision of the Military Court, said Dahnil, Prabowo was declared not directly involved. Prabowo was dismissed because he was responsible for the troops suspected of being involved in this case. This is what I call his loyalty. Sometimes that is not his direct responsibility, but he wanted to carry it out in order to protect the interests of the nation and state, said Dahnil. Dahnil's attitude, Dahnil continued, made many people who had faced him in the end become close friends. Even joined as a line of supporters of Prabowo in national politics. Before Mr. Budiman Sudjatmiko (ex PDIP politician), there were many activists who then supported Pak Prabowo such as Pius Lustrilanang, the late Desmond Junaidi Mahesa and Haryanto Taslam,''' said Dahnil. Dahnil did not dismiss the attitude of these activists is often associated with stockholm syndrome, a term that was once stated by a Nils Bejerot criminologist, against the victims who had psychological ties to his kidnappers. However Dahnil added that the activists' attitude lies in their efforts to find the truth at the 98th event.

First, they found out that Pak Prabowo was innocent. Second, they saw the value of knights and patriotism from Pak Prabowo, and third, there were human values, "said Dahnil. This is like the Javanese saying, which is made out of equality, meaning that at the right time it will be open and the wrong one will finally be seen. Strategi Bongbong Marcos and Joget Gemoy In the EdShareOn podcast with Eddy Wijaya, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak also answered the issue of Prabowo's political strategy to attract Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice presidential candidate, which is similar to Bongbong Marcos, the son of the Philippine dictator who hooked up Duterte's son to win the election. According to Dahnil, the issue was simply a media framing against Prabowo. (adv)