Cak Imin: I Never Brought PBNU

PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar In NasDem/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) responded to the statement by the General Chairperson of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU), Yahya Cholil Staquf, who warned that his organization would not be claimed to support certain presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 General Election.

Cak Imin emphasized that he had never carried the name PBNU to seize support as a vice presidential candidate.

"I've never brought it up. I've never brought PBNU with me," said Cak Imin at NasDem Tower, Jakarta, Wednesday, September 6.

Cak Imin said that there was no need to carry the name PBNU, and the public already knew that he was bleeding from Nahdlatul Ulama (NU).

"But I was born until now people know I am NU," he said.

Previously, the General Chairperson of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board, Yahya Cholil Staquf or who is familiarly called Gus Yahya emphasized that PBNU did not want to be brought up in the 2024 presidential election contestation.

PBNU also does not hesitate to impose sanctions on its management on behalf of NU to support the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"If there is a presidential candidate acting on behalf of NU, but not an NU administrator, that is not justified. If there is an NU administrator then uses an NU institution for political activities, practical politics, we will immediately reprimand him," said Gus Yahya at the Merdeka Palace, Tuesday, September 5.