Asked About The Issue Of Entering The Golkar Party, Jokowi Instead Answered This

President Jokowi/PHOTO via Instagram @jokowi

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) did not want to talk much when asked about the news that he would join the Golkar Party.

It is known that his relationship with the PDI-P (PDIP) is heating up because the two of them have different paths during the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). The party bearing the bull symbol carried the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD pair while Jokowi was said to support Prabowo Subianto who was paired with his son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"I enter the palace every day," said Jokowi when asked about the reported entry of the Golkar Party by reporters after opening the TNI/Polri Leadership Meeting at GOR Ahmad Yani, TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Wednesday, February 28.

As previously reported, the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, said that President Jokowi was a national figure. Thus, he belongs to all parties in the country.

"Pak Jokowi is a national figure, so he belongs to all parties," said Airlangga after attending the Plenary Cabinet Session at the State Palace, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, February 26.

Airlangga again answered the same thing when asked whether there was a formal discussion about Jokowi's joining. "As I said, (Jokowi, red) national figures, yes, all parties have," said the Coordinating Minister for the Economy.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia said he did not know about the issue. He said Jokowi is the current president.

"I didn't hear that. The president became president of the Republic of Indonesia. There is no such thing (Jokowi joined the Golkar Party, ed)," he said.