JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that differences in political views and choices in the 2024 election will not cause divisions among the community.

Vice President Ma'ruf conveyed this in an interview session with the private television station Kompas TV at the Sapa Indonesia Night Eid Edition 1444 H, Saturday (22/4) night, according to a press release received from the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Vice Presidential Secretariat in Jakarta, Sunday 23 April.

"The upcoming election does not make us divided, because our friendship is strong. So, it is not divided because of political differences," said the Vice President.

The vice president at the interview session said that Eid al-Fitr was a place to connect ties with relatives and relatives to be able to jointly celebrate the victory day of Muslims.

The Vice President appealed to the entire community to make Eid al-Fitr a momentum to strengthen brotherhood.

He then emphasized the importance of maintaining brotherhood through friendship, including in facing elections in 2024.

"The value of friendship is important in relation to maintaining kinship and brotherhood, including in dealing with elections," explained the Vice President.

On the other hand, the Vice President said that the election had been agreed upon in state administration in Indonesia, so he believed that the public could respond to differences in political choices by being proud.

"This election has been many times, meaning it is normal. Legowo attitude is what we really need in dealing with elections, because this is a system that we agree on in state administration," said the Vice President.

Ending his interview session, the Vice President emphasized that there should be no hostility caused by differences in political views.

According to him, differences are reasonable and can be handled wisely.

"Difference of political views in our democratic system is a necessity, in fact there must be political differences. But that difference should not cause hostility, it must be addressed with a sense of kinship, peace," he said.


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