TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi dinner with the Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, who is also a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Jokowi and Prabowo spent time amidst the issue of the head of state’s partiality in the 2024 presidential election.
Presidential Special Staff Coordinator Ari Dwipayana said Jokowi and Prabowo ate at the Seribu Rasa Menteng Restaurant, Central Jakarta, on Friday, January 5 2024. Minister of State Secretary Pratikno also confirmed Prabowo and Jokowi’s meeting this evening. “The President relaxed for a moment and tried Indonesian cuisine. The President was accompanied by Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto,” said Ari to Tempo.
In the portrait circulating in the Palace journalists’ messaging group, Jokowi appears to be wearing a white shirt and black trousers that he can wear. Meanwhile, Prabowo was seen wearing a parang batik shirt.
Ari said the meeting lasted for one hour from 19.00 to 20.00 WIB. But he didn’t know the contents of the conversation. “Indonesian cooking at home is delicious,” he said. The President’s Special Staff Coordinator did not answer when asked how often Jokowi would meet Prabowo ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Previously, the Secretary of the National Campaign Team (TKN) for Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates from the Indonesian Coalition, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Nusron Wahid, said that the Secretary General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, Hasto Kristiyanto, was panicking because Jokowi was starting to appear to be taking sides in supporting Prabowo-Gibran, not Ganjar Pranowo. -Mahfud MD. He said this at the TKN Prabowo-Gibran media center, South Jakarta, Tuesday, January 2 2024.
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Two Presidential Ministers then said that the direction of Jokowi’s support in the 2024 presidential election would be for the Prabowo-Gibaran pair. Communications Minister Budi Arie did not deny Jokowi’s lack of support for the presidential candidate of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, Ganjar Pranowo.
“Something that is already clear, let’s clarify it again? Right? Something that is clear doesn’t need to be clarified. It’s already clear. Why explain it to me,” said Budi Arie, who is also the general chairman of Projo, when met after a limited cabinet meeting at the State Palace, Friday, January 5, 2024.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartaro, when met separately at the State Palace Complex on Friday, agreed with Budi Arie regarding the direction of Jokowi’s support for Prabowo Gibran. “Yes, that’s clear,” he said.
Jokowi has never openly supported any of the candidate pairs in the 2024 presidential election, which is being contested by his eldest son Gibran. Presidential Special Staff Coordinator Ari Dwipayana dismissed the issue of taking sides in the 2024 presidential election. Ari said that ahead of the election, President Jokowi remained focused on work.
“The benefits of the work to lead the government and ensure that the implementation of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet’s strategic programs are truly delivered are felt by the community,” said Ari in a short message to Tempo on Thursday, January 4 2024.
When asked about the president’s neutrality on Thursday, Ari Dwipayana only reminded him of work Jokowi busy schedules ranging from cabinet meetings, events where the head of state needs to attend, receiving guests, to overseas visits. “This means that the government’s work agenda continues to be led directly by the President,” he said.
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