Hasto Regarding Anies Baswedan Cancels Jakarta Gubernatorial Election: Not An Internal Problem

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (center) (Doc Photo Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto said that Anies Baswedan's cancellation in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election was not due to internal problems. He alluded to PDIP and Anies Baswedan having something in common, namely that they were both surrounded by the authorities.

Hasto said that his party is now starting to build an understanding with the former Governor of DKI Jakarta.

"No. Open from internal rejection, because the understanding has been built," Hasto told reporters at the PDIP DPP Office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, quoted on Friday, August 30.

Hasto even said that there had been discussions with Anies. Several discussions such as the thoughts of the First President of the Republic of Indonesia Soekarno or Bung Karno and PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri about geopolitics to the issue of the Asia-African Islamic Conference have been discussed.

However, recently there were obstacles so that PDIP canceled nominating Anies. "They who tried yesterday to condition in the DKI Pilkada," he said.

He did not mention what were the obstacles. However, Hasto alluded to PDIP and Anies Baswedan having something in common, namely that they are both surrounded by the authorities.

"And that power continues to work never stops even though the community's aspiration movement is getting stronger and talks," he said.

As previously reported, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno officially registered with the Jakarta KPUD as a candidate for governor and deputy governor on Wednesday, August 28. Both of them became the first participants to register.

This registration marks the opportunity for Anies to be promoted by PDIP in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. Whereas previously the name of the former Governor of DKI Jakarta was widely rumored to be carried by the party bearing the bull symbol.

In fact, Rano Karno had met with Anies in red on Monday, August 26, or when PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri announced the candidate for the head of the third wave of the region. The meeting was held at the PDIP DPP Office Building B.