Can Be A Trap, It's Fair For Anies Baswedan To Refuse To Lead The Change Party

Anies Baswedan during a campaign with Pramono Anung. (IG @aniesbaswedan)

JAKARTA The Executive Director of IPR, Ujang Komarudin, considers Anies Baswedan's refusal to become the General Chair of the Change Party as a natural thing. This is because Anies is said to have nothing to do with the beginning of the party's establishment.

Since the beginning of the formation, the Change Party has had nothing to do with Anies. So, it is impossible for Anies to be willing to become a party leader who is not from his own ideas," he said, Sunday, December 1, 2024.

"In fact, if you are willing to harm Anies sentri. A party that is not designed and formed, suddenly he becomes a ketum, of course he can enter the trap of another party," continued Ujang.

According to him, Anies' refusal to become the General Chair of the Change Party can actually be read from his track record related to a political party. The former governor of DKI Jakarta was previously also reluctant to join PKS, and it is also impossible to replace Surya Paloh as Chairman of the NasDem Party as rumored recently.

Anies' attitude is clear that he will refuse to join a party that does not come from his wishes. Including, the possibility of Anies joining another party and becoming the chairman of Nasdem," he added.

Regarding the NasDem Party, Ujang considers it just a political 'fry'. This is because the NasDem Party is not necessarily willing to hand over the reins of leadership to other people, because they still have a lot of stock of cadres to continue Surya Paloh's leadership relay.

Not necessarily NasDem and Surya Paloh want (Anies becomes ketum). There are many NasDem cadres, including their son (Surya Paloh), Prananda. If political logic is of course the one who continues is Surya Paloh's son, not Anies," he said.