Jakarta –
NasDem responding to other pro-Jokowi political parties who rejected the statement the NasDem presidential candidate allegedly made Anies Baswedan, on the government that often turns off criticism. NasDem stressed that Anies’ statement was not directed at the Jokowi government.
“We should not respond a priori to Anies’ statement, because what is meant by criticism of Anies is not specific to the central government,” Vice President (Waketum) NasDem Ahmad Ali said when contacted on Sunday (12/18/2022) .
According to Ali, Jokowi’s government is not anti-critical. Ali assessed that it was the political parties (political parties) in the governing coalition that were anti-critical, as was the response given to Anies’ statement.
“So the question is, is Jokowi an anti-critic? No. The anti-critic is a political party, today when people talk, they make a lot of noise. Yeah, right,” he said.
Ali explained that Anies’ statement reflected his experience leading the provincial administration of DKI Jakarta (pemprov). Therefore, Ali requested that the various parties not always rely on the assumption that Anies’ statements were directed at the Jokowi government.
“Because Anies’ statement never mentioned that the Jokowi government was an anti-critic. No. He said the government should open room for criticism. So what the government meant included the provincial government, including Anies. Anies experienced these practices when he was governor,” he said.
“So let’s see Anies statement in full context. So don’t let our reasoning get fed up with conspiracies all the time. Now, Anies statement is always retracted, saying it was a statement to attack Pak Jokowi. it was,” he continued.
In line with Ali, NasDem DPP chairman Willy Aditya stressed that Anies’ statement has nothing to do with the Jokowi government. According to him, Anies’ statement was in the context of his governance of him when he was governor of the DKI.
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Head of DPP NasDem Willy Aditya. Photo: Faiq Azmi
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“He said that in the context of criticism, the government (DKI Jakarta) has to answer for accountability to the public in the framework of streamlining a policy and this will provide political education to the public,” Willy said, Sunday (18/12/2022 ).
“The public will greatly benefit if there is an open atmosphere from critics in which the led government will be careful and remain trustworthy,” he continued.
Willy continued, what Anies talked about explained how he tried to build a tradition of dialogue when he was a government official. Therefore, Willy asked that Anies’ statement not be interpreted regardless of context.
“So Mas Anies explained it in the context of his leadership while at DKI Jakarta, who tried to build a tradition of open dialogue with critics as a form of freedom of expression, which must be answered, not silenced, i.e. “Willy said.
“He just called us as a government. So don’t make a statement in the context of his conversation,” he continued.
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