No Problem Surya Paloh Meeting Jokowi, PKS: Autonomous Authority Of Political Parties

Jokowi And Surya Paloh (DOC ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Muhammad Kholid admitted that he had no problem with the meeting of the Chairman of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh, with President Joko Widodo after the 2024 General Election. According to Kholid, the political communication built by Surya Paloh with Jokowi is the party's authority, even though NasDem is still in the Change Coalition that carries presidential and vice presidential candidates number 1, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar. "We respect every step of political parties in building political communication. So for us, it is the autonomous authority of every political party," Kholid told reporters, Monday, February 19. Meanwhile, Kholid admitted that his party did not want to follow Surya Paloh's steps by opening a communication room for other parties for now. The focus of PKS, according to him, is that it is still monitoring and overseeing the calculation and recapitulation of votes by the witnesses assigned by his party. "Our witnesses throughout Indonesia are struggling in the field, guarding the votes of the presidential and legislative elections, they do not rest for days to ensure that the election is jurdil so that people's votes are not rigged," he stressed. Surya Paloh's meeting with Jokowi at the Merdeka Palace took place with the agenda of having dinner together on Sunday, February 18. Jokowi said his meeting with Surya Paloh was a political bridge. However, the former governor of DKI Jakarta did not explain in detail what he meant. This is only the beginning. Later when it is final, we will convey it. But actually I am just a bridge, the most important thing is later parties, ” said Jokowi after the inauguration of the State Defense Center Hospital, Commander General Sudirman and 20 TNI hospitals in Jakarta.

When asked about it, he simply said he wanted to be a “ bridge ” for other political parties. “ Bridges for everything. I want to be a bridge for everyone, because of business, what business is that, political affairs are party affairs, ” said Jokowi.