NasDem Has Talked To Anies Before Surya Paloh Announces Canceled Carrying

Chairman of the DPP NasDem Party Willy Aditya at the DPR MPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday 16 August 2024 (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the DPP NasDem Party Willy Aditya said that his party had spoken privately with Anies Baswedan before the General Chairperson Surya Paloh announced that he would not carry the former governor of DKI Jakarta in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. "Pak Anies yesterday went to the NasDem DPP, it was Mr. Anies' house so that at any time Mr. Anies came to chat, discussing many things that we talked about, and Mr. Anies already understood the situation," said Willy at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday, August 16. The decision, said Willy, was not taken unilaterally but also with Anies' agreement. "This decision was taken jointly, not by one hand, because it was the culture that Pak Surya built. Everything that was heavy when we were in the dialogue could be a meeting point. So there was nothing to be grazed and discussed together with Mas Anies," he concluded. Previously, the General Chairperson of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh, said that his party was not disappointed with Anies Baswedan's decision to carry him as a candidate for governor in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

Paloh emphasized this after meeting with the General Chair of the Gerindra Party as well as the elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2024-2029, Prabowo Subianto at his residence on Jalan Kertanegara IV, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 15, 2024.

"Yes, it is clear (the reason for carrying Anies, ed)," Paloh told reporters.

Paloh claimed to have informed Anies regarding the cancellation of the suspension for the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. According to Paloh, it is no longer the right moment for Anies to take part in the Jakarta Pilkada contestation.

"I have informed Mr. Anies. Mr. Anies, as your younger brother, this is not your moment to run in the Greater Jakarta regional elections. We are looking for a more precise momentum in the future. There is an understanding," he said.