Airlangga: Pak Jokowi And Mas Gibran Have Entered The Big Golkar Family

Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto at the Indonesian KPU Office (DOK Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto said that President Joko Widodo and Gibran Rakabuming Raka had been considered as the big family of the party bearing the banyan tree. This was revealed by Airlangga in response to the PDIP's statement which assessed that Jokowi and his son, Gibran, were no longer part of the party led by Megawati Soekarnoputri. "For us, Pak Jokowi and Mas Gibran are already included in the Golkar extended family," said Airlangga at the KPU RI office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, April 24. Airlangga emphasized that Jokowi has been a head of state close to the Golkar Party since two terms of his leadership. Likewise, Gibran, who has received the mandate as a vice presidential candidate from the Golkar national leadership meeting (rapimnas) before the election registration. According to him, Golkar is just waiting for Jokowi and Gibran's willingness to officially join the party. "It's just a formality," said Airlangga. If Jokowi is willing to become a member of Golkar, Airlangga continued, Jokowi can determine his own position in the party management structure.

"If the position depends on him. Because he now belongs to the nation. He belongs to all parties. I hear of course Pak Prabowo is also open to the President," he said.