Anies Regrets Failing To Advance For Regional Head Elections, Here's An Explanation

ANies Baswedan/DOK SPECIAL

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan admitted that he regretted failing to run for the 2024 Pilkada to become a candidate for the Governor of DKI Jakarta for the second period. Anies' regret arose when he realized that he could not fulfill the aspirations of the people to be carried out when he returned to governorship.

"If I am asked if there are regrets or not, there is, there is regret. What I regret? What I regret is the aspirations of the poor people of the city, the poor people of the city who came to this house, in this place, after yesterday's presidential election took turns, groups came to share their wishes, aspirations 'Sir, please return the conditions we felt yesterday'," said Anies in a video statement, Friday, August 30.

Anies said that many Jakarta residents have complained about the lack of attention from the government in the last 1.5 years. Mainly about the lack of structuring of slum villages to improving their economic conditions.

"If you say you have feelings, yes, there are feelings, oh my, we can't solve these aspirations. Look at the abandoned residents of Kampung Bayam, it's hard to feel. Look at the villages that we come to every time, 'Sir, please finish this', it's hard if they can't get a completion of their efforts to improve their welfare," explained Anies.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also apologized to the poor in the city because he no longer had the opportunity to issue policies that sided with the community for the next five years.

"But that doesn't mean our struggle will stop, and that doesn't mean our efforts are finished here. No. In other ways, we will fight together to be able to improve the condition of the poor in this city, which is currently facing enormous challenges," he said.

On the one hand, Anies opened the opportunity to establish a new political party. He admitted that this was based on the proposal of a number of parties to him. Anies will still consider whether to form a political party or only a community organization (ormas).

"If to gather all the spirit of change that is now getting bigger and bigger, and it becomes a strength, it is necessary to become a movement, then build a mass organization or build a new party, maybe that's the way we will take. We will see together in the future," said Anies.

Anies asked all parties to wait for a decision regarding the option of establishing a party whose role is to become a forum for healthier democracy drivers, as well as politics that prioritizes ideas.

"Hopefully we won't be able to realize concrete steps to accommodate the movement, which is now getting bigger day by day," he concluded.