PDIP Bakal Mandatory For Ganjar Until Gibran Visits Nol Sabang And Merauke Kilometers

SABANG - PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said his party would require cadres who are currently serving as regional heads to set foot at kilometer zero in Sabang City, Aceh.

Those referred to by Hasto are the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo, the Mayor of Medan Bobby Nasution, the Mayor of Semarang Hendrar Prihadi, the Mayor of Solo Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and other regional heads of PDIP cadres.

"It is from Kilometer Zero that we feel directly our Greater Indonesia. Many officials and elites see Indonesia only from maps. Without feeling directly our extraordinary territory of Indonesia. Not to mention the history of its civilization, its cultural works," said Hasto in Sabang, Saturday, September 24.

To complete the trip, Hasto continued, they must also visit Merauke. "For this reason, we will require regional heads from the PDI-P to set foot to the point of zero kilometers in Sabang and also in Merauke, Papua," he said.

On that occasion, Hasto also reviewed the Aceh tsunami incident in 2004. At that time, almost all countries in the world came and provided assistance to Aceh.

Likewise, Aceh received the assistance without seeing what religion and ethnicity were from the aid provider.

"Tsunami opens the understanding that the value of humanity is working. This must open the awareness that we must open ourselves. Of course those who come must adjust to the habits here, the culture here? But from us must also open ourselves up," said Hasto.

Hasto then gave an example of how Japan built a university and provided scholarships for citizens who helped them during a tsunami disaster that damaged Fukushima's nuclear reactor.

"Aceh with her high religiousism, we must echo our enthusiasm by opening ourselves up. So that people come to Aceh and see that Aceh is part of Indonesia that has a high survival power with a culture, including its extraordinary culinary," he explained.