Response To The New Name Of The Prabowo Coalition, PDIP: Tagline Ganjar, Fast Movement Of Advanced Indonesia

Chairman of the DPR Budget Agency (Banggar) Said Abdullah. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PDIP DPP chairman Said Abdullah responded to the name of the coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto which was changed to the Advanced Indonesia Coalition. Said said that his party respects the name of the coalition, which is similar to the name of the Jokowi government cabinet. "Because this concerns the participation in the contestation that Mr. Prabowo calls his coalition an advanced Indonesia, we respect it," said Said at the DPR Building, Tuesday, August 29. However, he continued, the naming of Advanced Indonesia is also the same as the tagline for the PDIP presidential candidate, Ganjar Pranowo. In fact, the sentence has been used by his party since early August. "But at the same time, together with Ganjar Pranowo, Indonesia moved quickly, our tagline has been going forward since early August. If now there is an advanced Indonesian Coalition, let's race for Indonesia to be more advanced," said Said. "We are moving quickly, Indonesia is moving forward. Those in various billboards throughout Indonesia and some of our friends have received billboards," he continued. Regarding the Forward Indonesia Coalition such as the coalition formed by Jokowi, Said was reluctant to speculate. He considered the positive naming to be deep for the Indonesian people. "We are indeed from the PDIP and the party side as we focus on the future if we look at the demographic bonus that the president has echoed, Indonesia will inevitably have to go forward, there will be no bargaining. Otherwise, we will miss the train, left behind on the runway," said Said. "The signs with the president have been prepared, let's just have a vision of fighting over which programs are more grounded, and who can execute programs that are expressed by each contestant," he added. According to the tagline 'fast movement', according to Said, leadership relays will definitely be given to younger leaders. This, he said, could be seen from the history of the change of president of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Of course, in this case, when we talk about fast movement, courage, guts, and so on, it needs to be remembered what is called a leadership relay. If we look at Mr. Karno from Mr. Harto, except Mr. Habibie, from Mr. Habibie to Mrs. Mega, Mrs. Mega to Gus Dur, President Abdurahman Wahid, then Mr. SBY is always young," said Said.