Anas's Relaxed Response To The Party Asking For 'Gantung' Promise At Monas

Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKN) Anas Urbaningrum when giving a statement to reporters in the Monas area, Jakarta, Saturday (15/7/2023). ANTARA/Tri Meilani Ameliya

JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKN) Anas Urbaningrum did not question the parties who questioned when he kept his words, "Just one rupiah Anas corruption in Hambalang, hanging Anas at Monas".

"It's okay because it's driven by a group that has its own political interests. That's a matter of course," Anas told reporters in the Monas area, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, July 15.

Anas then said something more appropriate to hang at Monas was hope.

"Therefore, the hope is to hang your body above the sky. Under the sky, there is Monas," he said.

Anas is a former convict in the Hambalang project corruption case. He was officially released from the Sukamiskin Class IA Prison, Bandung City, West Java, on April 11, 2023.

At that time, Anas was free on leave before release (CMB). With this status, Anas still needs to be obliged to report to the Correctional Center for the next three months.

After being released, several parties began to question Anas' words about being hanged at Monas if he committed only one rupiah corruption in the Hambalang project.

Currently, Anas is back in politics. He officially became the General Chair of PKN on Friday (14/7). Anas said that plunging into politics was a form of his willingness to become a public officer.

This, he added, can be said to be a reply from him for the good of the Indonesian nation and state which has given him several things, such as education.

"I've had facilities in the form of Indonesian kindness, can go to school, can learn anything, can understand a little about the condition of Indonesia. So the way I can respond is with what? I have to be brave and be prepared to become a public officer. So, that's why I returned to politics," he explained.

Anas emphasized that in politics, he did not have any targets. He is only committed to carrying out his obligations as a public officer as well as possible.

"I have never formulated a very special target, the important thing is that what is in front of my eyes is assigned to me, I will fulfill it as well as possible," he said.