Responses Muncul Isu Prabowo-Ganjar, Bambang Pacul: We Are Troops Who Stay Mobile Orders

Chairman of the PDIP Election Winning Body (Bappilu), Bambang Wuryanto, responded to the issue of the duet of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto with Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election.

Bambang admitted that he did not know about the figure of the presidential and vice presidential candidates who would be promoted by PDIP. Because, he said, the matter of presidential candidacy is the prerogative of the Chairperson of the PDIP, Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"Later we know. Mother, who (has the authority). To this day, it (the presidential candidate) is the same thing for us as you, we are both waiting," Bambang told reporters, Wednesday, November 23.

According to him, the cadres only need to carry out the order of the general chairman if a name has been decided.

"Back again to the general chairman, not to us. We are troops who only have orders, move. The order is where we carry out," said Bambang.

Previously, the Gerindra Party emphasized that it remains committed to the National Awakening Party (PKB) regarding the pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates in 2024. This was said by the Secretary General of Gerindra Ahmad Muzani in response to the emergence of the discourse duet Prabowo Subianto - Ganjar Pranowo. "Yes, the time will of course run, we will follow together who Pak Prabowo will become president, with whom Pak Prabowo will partner in terms of choosing a vice president," said Muzani at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, November 21. "It is only to note that Gerindra and PKB have now familiarized themselves in a political cooperation agreement. 2024 which was declared on August 13, 2022, so this coalition agreement binds to each other," he added.