PDIP: It Is Not Appropriate To Talk About Presidential Election Coalitions When The People Are Still Having Difficulties Facing The Pandemic

Illustration of PDI-P cadres when they are involved in a campaign. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives from the PDI-P faction (PDIP) Adian Napitupulu said PDIP was focused on helping the people rise after being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, PDIP is still reluctant to join the flow of other political parties talking about the 2024 presidential election coalition. "Three years of pandemic, and after the pandemic, other political parties talk about presidential election coalitions. I don't think it's appropriate to talk about presidential election coalitions when there are difficulties due to the pandemic," said Adian at the Regency PDIP DPC Office. Bogor, West Java, quoted from Antara, Thursday, August 26. Adian emphasized that all ranks of the PDIP, as ordered by General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri, immediately went down to the midst of the community, and continued to help the people's problems. We show that we work with the people. So we're not talking about presidential election coalitions here," he said. In helping the community, this 98 activist said the program must really provide solutions to people's problems. to 435 villages in Bogor Regency for seven months on a marathon basis.

He feels confident that the program can run optimally, because the activities are based on good intentions. "Many say this program is unreasonable and excessive. For me, this all started from good intentions. So we tried it," said Adian. He said the health check program , treatment, and free glasses are still lacking in terms of medicines. The DPC PDIP Bogor Regency is only able to provide medicine for patients for the continuation of the program for about 1.5 months. "Where does the money come from? Only 1.5 months of new medicine. I believe Then there will be a way, because I believe that with good intentions, there will be a way. For example, through the news, there are good people who are moved to donate for medicines, "he said.