JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Board of Trustees Grace Natalie did not want to talk about the target of increasing electability after President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) son, Kaesang Pangarep joined. PSI is now focusing on making young people more accountable in politics.

"We don't talk pragmatically. The important thing is to fight together first, there is a common vision," Grace told reporters in Solo, Central Java, Saturday, September 23.

"We want, right, Mas Kaesang said young people are not passive objects (political worlds)," he continued.

With that goal, Grace did not want to talk much about the effects of increasing electability ahead of the election. "The vision is longer, it's not just a pragmatic election," he said.

As previously reported, Kaesang officially joined PSI on Saturday, September 23. The membership card (KTA) was handed over by the party management bearing the rose symbol in Solo, Central Java.

After receiving the KTA, Kaesang admitted to joining PSI because he felt he had something in common to make young people more involved in politics.

In addition, Kaesang assessed that PSI is a good party and is filled with young people who are interrogant and competent. Then, his communication with high-ranking officials within the party is also fairly good.

"We have something in common, we want young people to be more involved in the public sector because in the election young people are usually used as passive objects. We want them to be active objects because after all, Indonesia's future for young Indonesians," Kaesang told reporters as quoted from the Surakarta News YouTube account.


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