Ganjar Regarding Jokowi Not Participating In Campaign: Respect, Especially If All Are Neutral

Presidential candidate number 3 Ganjar Pranowo inspects the flood location in Grobogan, Central Java. BETWEEN/HO-TPN Ganjar-Mahfud

MAGELANG - Presidential Candidate number three, Ganjar Pranowo, said he respected President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) statement stating that he would not campaign. Moreover, now many parties highlight the democratic conditions in the country. "If there is an attitude, it is certainly very, very very respectful, and the president does not campaign much better," Ganjar told reporters in Magelang, Central Java, Wednesday, February 7. Ganjar hopes that Jokowi's attitude can be imitated by other officials. Moreover, there have been many voices from universities, religious leaders, to civil society asking for neutrality to be maintained in the 2024 presidential election. "Moreover, if everything can be neutral, there are no orders, there is nothing I am not ordered, I am neutral but in fact called," said the former Governor of Central Java. "“Don't do that. But if that can be done, I really respect it because democracy will be able to return it to the right track, ” continued Ganjar. As previously reported, President Joko Widodo emphasized that he would not campaign openly for certain pairs of presidential candidates (candidates) and vice presidential candidates (cawapres). Although the laws and regulations do not prohibit. This was conveyed by Jokowi in response to the issue that he would participate during the grand campaign of the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number two, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK) on Saturday, February 10.

"The president is indeed allowed to law for campaigns, and I have also shown the rules," said President Jokowi, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel, Wednesday. "But if the question is whether I will campaign, I will say no, I will not campaign," he said.