Rahayu Saraswati Protests That Gibran Is Only Seen As Jokowi's Son In The Vice Presidential Exchange

Deputy Chairperson Of The Gerindra Party DPP Rahayu Saraswati In An Online Discussion entitled "Uber Cawapres"

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Gerindra Party DPP Rahayu Saraswati protested if the Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka was only seen as President Joko Widodo's eldest son in the exchange for vice president candidates. "The issue about Mas Gibran as one of the potentials (vice presidential candidates), I as a young person protested first if I saw him only as Mr. Jokowi's son," said Saras, her nickname, in an online discussion entitled "Uber Cawapres" monitored through the YouTube channel TriJaya FM, Jakarta, Saturday, October 14. According to him, Gibran has achievements in his leadership role as Mayor of Surakarta. "Like it or not, he succeeded as Mayor of Solo. He wants to say like anything, he has achievements. In this case, he, regardless of people's thoughts about him as his son (Jokowi). He has proven, not only his intention, but also with what he has done, he has succeeded far more than many other mayors. So, we harus akui dan apresiasi," katanya.Untuk itu, dia menilai tidak mungkin Gibran dilirik saja dalam bursa cawapres jika tidak memiliki prestasi."Kalau dia tidak punya prestasi, saya yakin nggak akan jadi pertimbangan. Minta maaf karena pasti itu akan jadi beban kan. Tetapi karena ada pronya itu sebenarnya lebih dari hal saja hal, ini kita pertimbangkan," katanya.Menurut Saras, narasi yang mempercayagengi Gibran dalam bursa cawapres juga tak lebih dari pro dan kontra, sebagaimana yang it was addressed to a number of other figures. "It's the same with others, that's all, I take advantage of it, everything has pros and cons because no one is perfect. Some like it, some don't like it. It's from Khofifah, Mr. ET/Pak Erick Thohir, Mr. Airlangga, Mr. Gibran, and from Kang Emil, everything has pros and cons," he said. Even so, he emphasized that even though the Constitutional Court finally decided to pass the judicial review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General elections related to the minimum age limit of presidential and vice presidential candidates also do not guarantee that Gibran will also become a vice presidential candidate to accompany the General Chair of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election. "There is no guarantee that he (Gibran) will become a vice presidential candidate, let alone win," he said. Because, he said again, the determination of the vice presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto's companion, will be determined together with the general chairmen of other political parties belonging to the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM).

"Ini kita bicara dulu untuk Koalisi Indonesia Maju ini pilihannya apa? Karena kembali lagi, harus disepakati oleh semua. Kalau semua tidak sepakat dengan Mas Gibran, ya mau seperti apa? Itu pun juga Pak Prabowo kan menyampaikan nama beliau (Gibran) itu karena banyak masukan dari luar dan itu harus disampaikan ke dalam forum Koalisi Indonesia Maju, enggak bisa beliau ambil keputusan sendiri," kata dia.Sebelumnya, Jumat 13 Oktober, Ketua Umum Partai Gerindra sekaligus bakal calon presiden (capres) Prabowo Subianto mengungkap kandidat bakal calon wakil presiden (cawapres) yang berpeluang mendampingi dirinya untuk Pilpres 2024 telah dibahas dan mengerucut menjadi empat nama. Namun demikian, Prabowo masih enggan menyebutkan nama-nama kandidat tersebut."Tentang cawapres tadi, kami diskusi. Setiap ketua partai menyampaikan pandangan-pandangannya, yang akhirnya kami pada malam ini mengerucut menjadi empat nama. Empat nama yang bisa saya sampaikan, satu calon dari luar Jawa, satu dari Jawa Barat, satu dari Jawa Tengah, satu dari Jawa Timur," kata Prabowo usai rapat bersama ketua umum partai anggota Koalisi Indonesia Maju di kediaman Prabowo, Jalan Kertanegara, Jakarta, Jumat.