Jakarta –
Vice presidential candidate number 3 Mahfud Md opened his voice regarding the issue of his resignation from the position of Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. Mahfud admitted that he had planned to resign since the first debate 2024 presidential election.
“I actually planned to resign a long time ago when the first debate was about to start,” said Mahfud Md in Semarang, Central Java, Tuesday (23/1/2024).
Mahfud revealed the reason he wanted to resign as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. He said this was done so he could freely open data and convey criticism to the government.
“To have more freedom in disclosing actual data so that it is more ethical for me to read that data if I am not in government,” he said.
He said another consideration was his ethics towards President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). He said he was appointed with honor and trust by Jokowi as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.
“However, at that time there were several considerations, the consideration was that I needed to be ethical towards Pak Jokowi. I was appointed by him very honorably with full trust in him as the people’s president and I had to prepare for the transition period well. Because I would be with the presidential candidate another name is Pak Ganjar Pranowo,” he said.
Mahfud said he would resign at the right time. He admitted that he had agreed with Ganjar Pranowo regarding the resignation.
“I have agreed with Mr. Ganjar Pranowo that I will step down at the right moment while making the transition period,” he said.
(mib/jbr)
2024-01-23 16:30:17
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