By : Faruk Arfiansyah)*
The President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI), Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will always continue to be perpendicular to the political direction of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) in order to provide full support to the presidential candidate (Capres) from the party with the bull logo with the white snout, namely Ganjar Pranowo in the political battle for the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres).
Of course it is not without reason why the Head of State gave support to the figure of the Governor of Central Java (Central Java) who also served for these 2 (two) periods at the 2024 General Election (Election) political contest and democratic party. The reason is, President Jokowi himself is also a cadre of the PDI Struggle.
So, according to the Executive Director of Political Parameters, Adi Prayitno, it is very clear that confirmation of the political stance or support that will be given by the seventh Indonesian President is unlikely to fall on any other candidate besides the name Ganjat Pranowo.
Indeed, it will be very difficult and almost impossible to distance President Jokowi’s name from the PDI-P, including his name from the presidential candidate that is being carried by the party led by Megawati Soekarnoputri. As a cadre of the PDI Perjuangan, of course the political direction possessed by the Head of State is also consistent with and supports the political decisions of his party.
How could it not be, the article is that between Ganjar Pranowo and President Joko Widodo themselves, they are both national figures who are cadres of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, both of them have the same house and both of them have shared ideologies as well.
Armed with the ideology that has been obtained from the teaching and cadre of the PDI Perjuangan, then of course the leadership possessed by the presidential candidate promoted by Megawati Soekarnoputri will be more or less the same as how the leadership of the current Head of State is.
Therefore, all parties continue to speculate that only the figure of Ganjar Pranowo is the most appropriate and most capable figure to continue all the development programs that have been carried out by President Jokowi so far for the future progress of the nation.
So, all of these things also serve as an affirmation of the existence of an issue that has been continuously being circulated that it is as if the Head of State did not provide his support to the PDIP cadres and there are those who judge that it is as if he is still playing with two feet.
In fact, it is very clear, there are many things that have been shown by President Jokowi both in direct action, verbally or many other signals that reinforce how the direction of support from him is only for the name Ganjar Pranowo so that this support is carried out to the fullest.
This also includes obedience to instructions given directly by the general chairman (Ketum) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle himself, which has become a tradition for the party bearing the logo of a bull with a white muzzle, which must always be followed by all of its cadres.
For this reason, it is undeniable that the political blood of the Head of State is in accordance with how the political blood of the PDI Perjuangan, including its ideology, is also the political ideology of that party, not others.
There are issues that have been exhaled by certain parties who deliberately want to split the political power of the PDI-P, which states that as if President Jokowi is harboring support for a name other than Ganjar Pranowo, of course it is the same as saying that he will part ways with his party. , even though it is something that is impossible to happen.
Meanwhile, according to the presidential candidate who is identical with white hair, he revealed that he has had 2 (two) mentors in his political journey, the two mentors are Joko Widodo and Megawati Soekarnoputri.
According to Ganjar, the two figures, namely Jokowi and Megawati, have so far continued to give signals of decency that they will be able to become leaders for the Indonesian nation in the future and so far have passed on a lot of knowledge to themselves.
How has the role of the seventh Indonesian President for the Presidential Candidate been very large, namely he has become a mentor who provides a lot of knowledge about how to good governance. Apart from that, his figure also continues to inspire and continues to encourage Ganjar Pranowo’s confidence to keep going.
The political direction of the PDI Perjuangan, which has carried Ganjar Pranowo as a Presidential Candidate (Capres) in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election, will certainly continue to be followed by President Jokowi perpendicularly and he will anchor his support only to fellow PDIP cadres, not to name other candidates.
)* The author is a contributor to Pertiwi Institute
