These 3 Factors Are Called The Cause Of PDI Perjuangan Will Not Join Prabowo-Gibran

Photo captions: SBY, Jokowi and Megawati Soekarnoputri.(X@SBYudhoyono)

JAKARTA - Founder of Haidar Alwi Institute, R Haidar Alwi said there were at least three factors that caused Megawati Soekarnoputri and the PDI-P to not join the Prabowo-Gibran government.

The first factor is the history where the memory of the Old Order versus the New Order or Soekarno versus Suharto. The New Order is a dark memory that has been deeply imprinted on Megawati's memory, both in the early days Suharto was in power and when Megawati played a role in reforming the fall of the New Order.

Second, the SBY factor. I see that Megawati has not been able to accept her defeat to SBY in the 2004 presidential election. Moreover, at that time it could be said that SBY and the Democratic Party were 'new children' in national politics," said Haidar, Monday, September 16, 2024.

Therefore, the frequency of the two meetings can be counted with a finger even though two decades have passed since 2004. Moreover, SBY himself is now the Chairman of the High Council of the Democratic Party who is part of the coalition supporting Prabowo-Gibran.

The third factor, continued Haidar, is that Jokowi, who has become a common secret if the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia has been branded a traitor by the PDI-P. This cannot be separated from Jokowi's support for Prabowo, Gibran's candidacy as a vice presidential candidate, to the dismissal of Bobby Nasution as a PDIP cadre.

He considered that the plan to meet Prabowo and Megawati, which recently appeared, would not be politically beneficial unless PDIP joined the Prabowo-Gibran government. "Even the disadvantage is greater because there are no more political parties that are in control of power if PDIP joins the Prabowo-Gibran government," he added.

However, Haidar does not deny that there is nothing impossible in Indonesian politics. However, when it comes to the context of the joining of PDIP, it is not easy for Prabowo Subianto to make this happen.

There is an expensive price that must be paid, for example, a number of ministerial seats for PDIP, which is the party with the highest number of seats in the DPR and the only party that has not joined the Prabowo-Gibran coalition. This means that PDIP is in a higher bargaining position and they know Prabowo does not want opposition, "explained Haidar.