Anies Has Not Been Promoted By PDIP, Labor Party: We Wait Until August 29

Former Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Labor Party responded to Anies Baswedan, who yesterday had not announced PDIP to be promoted as a candidate for governor in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. The Labor Party stated that it would wait for developments until August 29. "We are waiting for developments until August 29. Politics is still dynamic," said President of the Labor Party, Said Iqbal to reporters, Tuesday, August 27. Said said that his party would communicate with Anies regarding his candidacy. It is known that Cakada registration has been opened starting today. "We will communicate with Mr. Anies, immediately," he said. Previously, PDIP DPP chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat, talked about his party canceling announcing Anies Baswedan to be carried in the Jakarta gubernatorial election yesterday. Djarot confirmed that Anies had been present at the PDIP DPP office a few hours before the announcement of the third wave of Cakada. Anies, he said, had met Rano Karno who was previously said to be running as a cawagub.

However, the former governor of Jakarta did not want to speak firmly about Anies' opportunity to be promoted by PDIP. Because he said, it was purely the prerogative of PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri. "One or two days, the General Chair will definitely say who will be nominated in DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java," said Djarot.