Chairman of the Golkar Party Bahlil Lahadalia said that Prabowo Subianto had lost to the Golkar Party convention to be able to run as a presidential candidate in 2004, but 20 years later succeeded in becoming President.

According to him, Prabowo Subianto is the best cadre of the Golkar Party who later moved to the Gerindra Party. Even though they moved, the Golkar Party still respects other parties.

"The winner (convention) at that time was Mr. Wiranto. However, in the presidential election, God has not allowed him to become President. However, those who lost the convention, 20 years later were immediately elected as President," Bahlil said during a speech at the Summit of the 60th Anniversary of the Golkar Party at Sentul International Convention Center, Bogor, West Java, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, December 12.

In addition, Bahlil also revealed that the Golkar Party convention which was held in 2004 was in the era of the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung. Even so, he said, Akbar Tandjung did not immediately become a presidential candidate.

"So, indeed in Golkar, the general chairman is not necessarily president, not necessarily, because Golkar is inclusive, and that has been exemplified by Bang Akbar," he said.

Bahlil said that the dynamics that occurred in the Golkar Party proved that Golkar was a party that really followed the development of the existing political system.

After that, he said, the Golkar Party was abandoned by its best cadres. Apart from Prabowo Subianto, Wiranto, who founded the Hanuradan Party, Surya Paloh, who founded the NasDem Party.

"What does that mean? What I want to convey is that Golkar is an adaptive party, which wants to follow developments," said the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Therefore Bahlil asked regional head candidates who lost the 2024 Pilkada not to give up easily. The losing candidates need to imitate President Prabowo Subianto's work to win the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections of the Republic of Indonesia.


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