Megawati Responds To Andika-Hendi's Loss To Luthfi-Taj Yasin's Quick Count Version Of The 2024 Central Java Pilkada

PDIP Chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri (PDIP Doc)

PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri responded to the defeat of Andika Perkasa-Hendrar Prihadi (Andika-Hendi) from Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin in the quick count version of the 2024 Central Java Pilkada.

Megawati admitted that she received reports regarding the massive use of regional head officials to transfer police officers for the purpose of electoral politics in Central Java.

"In Central Java, for example, I received a report on how massive the use of regional head officials and mutations of police apparatus for the sake of electoral politics," Megawati said in a video recording received by VOI.ID, Wednesday night.

According to Megawati, this cannot be tolerated because the Constitutional Court (MK) and laws and regulations have firmly regulated non-neutral state apparatus, which can be punished. He claimed that if the 2024 Central Java Pilkada was fair and honest, then candidate pairs (paslon) number 1 Andika Perkasa and Hendrar Prihadi would win.

"I know Central Java well. I was elected as a member of the DPR three times. Central Java is not only a bull pen, but has become a place for the ideas of nationalism and patriotism," he stressed.

"I see the energy of the movement of the people, sympathizers, and militant cadres and should not be defeated if the elections are carried out fairly, honestly, and fairly," he added in response to the 2024 Central Java Pilkada quick count.

Megawati reminded that when everything can be mobilized by power, what happens is silencing. According to her, what is happening now is beyond the limits of ethical, moral, and conscience propriety.

"To all sympathizers, members, and PDI-P cadres and all Indonesian people, I call on them continuously, 'Never be afraid to voice the truth'. The PDI-P will never tire of fighting for justice and fighting against various forms of intimidation of power," concluded Megawati.

It is known, the results of the 2024 Central Java Pilkada quick count for a number of survey institutions recorded that candidate pair Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin was 58-59% superior to his opponent Andika Perkasa-Hendrar Prihadi.

Meanwhile, the SMRC version of the 2024 Central Java Pilkada quick count put Ahmad Luthfi-Taj Yasin in the 58.14% vote, followed by Andika Perkasa-Hendrar Prihadi with 40.86%.