Gerindra Denying Claims Mardiono About Prabowo Gives Permission Sandiaga To Join PPP

Daily Chairperson of the Gerindra DPP Sufmi Dasco Ahmad at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday (13/2/2023). ANTARA

JAKARTA - The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, denied the claim by the Acting Chairman of the Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) Mardiono that the Head of Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto had allowed Sandiaga Uno to join the Kaaba Party. Dasco emphasized that he had never heard of Sandiaga Uno asking Prabowo for permission to become a PPP presidential or vice presidential candidate. Vice versa, Dasco also admitted that he had never heard of Prabowo giving permission to Sandiaga to join PPP. "I have never heard of Pak Sandi asking permission, or have never heard of Pak Prabowo giving permission," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, February 13. Moreover, continued Dasco, the Deputy Chairperson of the Gerindra Board of Trustees has stated that he will be upright towards the party and the general chairman. This statement was even confirmed again after Mardiono's claim. "And Mr. Sandi at that time also said that when he met Pak Prabowo, he said he would be upright towards the party," he said. Therefore, Dasco said that this is a natural and ordinary dynamic in politics. "So I think, as adults in politics, ethical mechanisms will certainly be met if, for example, Pak Sandi wants to move," he added. The deputy chairman of the DPR also believes that Prabowo will never hinder his cadres in his career in the political arena. However, Dasco emphasized that Gerindra had appointed Prabowo as a presidential candidate in 2024. "Well, that then Pak Prabowo also never stopped someone who wanted to have a career, let alone wanted to become a presidential candidate for example. It's just that we both know that the presidential candidate from the Gerindra Party has fixed only Pak Prabowo through Rapimnas at that time," said Dasco. Previously, PPP General Chair Muhamad Mardiono, said that his party supports Sandiaga Uno to become a presidential or vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election. In fact, according to Mardiono, Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto has allowed Sandiaga to join PPP. "Mr. Sandi was given permission by Pak Prabowo to join the United Development Party to support the United Development Party's struggle," said Mardiono during the 50th PPP Harlah in Malino, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, Sunday, February 12. Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the Gerindra Party Board of Trustees, Sandiaga Uno, said that in response to the PPP's offer, it was under the authority of the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto. As a cadre, Sandiaga admitted that he was only obedient and upright to the party leadership's decision. "That is the decision of the leadership. I as a cadre respect and stand straight to the leadership because it is a political fatsun," said Sandiaga Uno, to reporters, during a healthy walk with the 50th PPP Harlah in Malino, South Sulawesi, Sunday, February 12.