Suharso Monoarfa Demonstrated By PPP Cadres, Observer: Efforts To Weaken MCH In The 2024 Election

JAKARTA - General chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Suharso Monoarfa demoted his cadres who are members of the Party Rescue Cadre Front (FKPP) to step down from his position as Minister of PPN/Bappenas as well as general chairman.

Responding to the demonstration, the Executive Director of the Research Oriented Development Analysis (RODA) Institute, Ahmad Rijal Ilyas, assessed that the emergence of the attack aimed at Suharso Monoarfa was a political effort to weaken PPP. In fact, according to him, it also leads to the movement to destroy the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB).

"The small group that comes from internal PPP is seen to be meeting political figures outside PPP and KIB, and is currently carrying out movements to delegitimize Soeharso Monoarfa's position through paid demonstrations," said Rijal Ilyas in a written statement, Monday. , June 27.

Another attack on Suharso, he continued, was the presence of sowan from unscrupulous PPP cadres to several politicians outside KIB. In fact, he said, PPP is a member of KIB in a coalition with Golkar and the National Mandate Party (PAN).

"In fact, it was recently reported that PPP cadres against Suharso had visited several names of politicians who were widely reported as being Bacapres and in fact figures outside the KIB group. It was widely reported that several PPP cadres contra Suharso gave open support to figures from outside KIB as Bacapres in the mass media. ," he said.

According to Rijal, this attack is a step to weaken the PPP, especially KIB in the 2024 general election (Pemilu).

"The big goal is to weaken KIB's position in the 2024 election contestation arena. On the other hand, KIB is committed to recruiting internal figures as candidates for the presidential election in 2024," said Rijal.

Previously, PPP DPP Chair Syarifah Amelia said PPP General Chair Suharso Monoarfa remained confident of running as a presidential candidate in the 2024 Election.

"The demonstration is a dynamic which states that the cadres are still very concerned about the party and us, PPP is a party that does open up space to convey the aspirations of cadres in a very broad spectrum," Amelia said when met after the discussion in Jakarta, Friday, June 24. .

Amelia assessed that the demonstration against Suharso had become additional ammunition to improve his performance. "It doesn't bother Pak Suharso at all, but instead gives him additional ammunition to improve his performance in certain fields," he said.

Amelia also considered that the demonstration did not disturb the party's conduciveness, but was a form of communication from cadres who still believed and cared about PPP.

"In this case, it is a material for PPP to do much more concrete work and contribute to its cadres," he said