TGB Affirms NWDI Will Not Support Rohmi-Firin In The 2024 NTB Pilkada

General Chairperson of Nahdlatul Wathan Diniyah Islamiyah (PB NWDI) Executive Board, TGB HM Zainul Majdi (Between)

Chairman of the Nahdlatul Wathan Diniyah Islamiyah Executive Board (PB NWDI), TGB HM Zainul Majdi reiterated that until now the organization he leads has never supported the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor number 1, Sitti Rohmi Djalilah - Musyafirin or Rohmi-Firin in the 2024 NTB Pilkada.

"I also used to have a statement, yes, that NWDI did not support Rohmi-Firin. Why do I have such a statement, because the facts are like that," TGB said in a podcast video quoted in Mataram, Sunday.

TGB emphasized that until now, NWDI as an organization remains consistent in its initial decision not to support the Rohmi-Firin pair. Even though Rohmi is part of the NWDI cadre himself.

"So the fact is that NWDI as an organization does not support Rohmi-Firin as a candidate pair for governor and deputy governor. There has never been that support," said the former Governor of NTB for two periods.

TGB said that he needed to convey this again so that there would be no misunderstandings from the internal management and congregation of NWDI and parties outside the organization. That the NWDI organization to this day is not in the camp of the Rohmi-Firin pair.

"Now I say it again, because I really need to convey this again. So that'miss understanding' does not occur, there is no misunderstanding. Both in NTB and outside NTB," he said.

It is known that on May 24, 2024, TGB issued a firm statement that the NWDI organization did not support the Rohmi-Firin pair at the 2024 Pilkada Governor and Deputy Governor of NTB. His statement about 5 months ago, TGB emphasized, remains valid until now.

"So those are my two statements that I said before, and I still hold them until now related to the NTB gubernatorial election," explained TGB in its podcast.

Even TGB's statement on May 24, 2024, did not only confirm that NWDI did not support the Rohmi-Firin package. But Rohmi-Firin is also prohibited from profiting or using the attributes of the NWDI organization in his candidacy.

"Is this (Rohmi-Firin) a couple endorsed by NWDI, the answer is no. No, because it has nothing to do with the organization. And I ask all of us, yes, to let's process well. So don't play together, yes, use organizational attributes, use organizational elements, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with it," said TGB at that time.

At that time, TGB also called on all parties, so that no party should take advantage of the organization's management at any level, to build public euphoria at the 2024 NTB Pilkada event.