JAKARTA - Secretary of the Democratic Party's High Council, Andi Mallarangeng, said that there was no part of presidential candidate number 2, Prabowo Subianto in lobbying the entry of the General Chairperson of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) to the cabinet of President Joko Widodo's government.

Andi said that the Democratic process of joining the Jokowi-Maruf government was very fast. In fact, he said, the Democratic Party DPP management did not know that AHY was appointed by the president as minister of ATR/BPN replacing Hadi Tjahjanto. "No (there was a role of Prabowo, ed). Because this is very fast, we also don't know before. But once again after considering this (the Minister of ATR/BPN) is a strategic position for services to the people, certainty for land disputes, beating up this land dispute for seven months. If there are many things that can be done very well," said Andi Mallarangeng at the Ministry of ATR/BPN, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 21. "Monday night called Mas Pratikno, then Tuesday morning met Pak Jokowi, today is the inauguration," he continued.

Kendati demikian, Andi mengakui, AHY sempat meminta restu kepada Prabowo selaku calon presiden yang diusung Demokrat bersama Koalisi Indonesia Maju (KIM). Tentunya, kata Andi, AHY telah lebih dulu bicara dengan ayahnya yang juga Ketua Majelis Tinggi Partai Demokrat sekaligus Presiden ke-6 RI, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). "Ada (obrolan dengan SBY), juga sempat mohon restu dari Pak Prabowo. Karena kan kami sebenarnya bergabung dengan Koalisi Indonesia Maju untuk pemerintahan 2024-2029. Karena itu pimpinan yang sebenarnya adalah capres kita, sekarang menjadi presiden terpilih Pak Prabowo Subianto," ungkap Andi. "Nah, itu wajar kalau beliau memohon restu menyampaikan kepada Pak Prabowo dan Pak Prabowo juga merestui. Tentu saja juga kepada Pak SBY, dan Pak SBY juga merestui. Sehingga jadi lah pelantikan hari ini, alhamdulillah," sambungnya.


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