Zulkifli Hasan: Jokowi's Government Must Be Strengthened, PAN Will Create Positive Narratives To Stop Split

PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan in Nusa Dua Bali (Dafi/VOI)

BADUNG - The chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan emphasized that PAN was joining the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin government to strengthen the government. PAN will play a role in ensuring that the wheels of government continue to run as well as ensuring that the division between the two political camps ends.

"Looking at the development of our nation, PAN is certainly a little concerned. Therefore, a few days ago we involved the whole of Indonesia, as a result of the 2014 2019 and 2024 presidential elections, there were divisions. The divisions occurred to the hamlets, of course, negative narratives that split it up," said

Zulkifli at the National Workshop on DPP PAN in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, Monday, October 4.

Zulkifli said that PAN was close to the Jokowi government coalition because so far there was a stronghold that stigmatized Jokowi as not being close to Islam. Zulkifli emphasized that this assumption is not true.

Because in the government ranks there are Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD as well as Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, an Islamic scholar.

There is also Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno who is competing with Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 Presidential Election.

"Some say the government is not close to Islam, (that) is not true. I said the evidence was the deputy chairman of the Ulema Council. Then there is Prof. Mahfud, there is Prof. Muhadjir who is strengthened again by Mr. Prabowo and Sandi," continued Zulkifli.

"Well, maybe it's still lacking, therefore we are strengthening it. So that we end the division to the hamlets. Why are we still hurting each other," he said.

At this time the Indonesian nation should be built with a positive narrative. In this way, continued Zulkifli, the goal of prospering the community is achieved.

"We have to build good and positive narratives. Farmers, how can we prosper, easy children who are not yet working can work. What do we do when we hurt each other? We are compatriots and countrymen. PAN enters to strengthen that," said Zulkifli.