President Joko Widodo requests that the palace not be in contact with the affairs of the presidential and Cawapres candidates before the 2024 elections

Jakarta, tvOnenews.com – Indonesian President Joko Widodo asked several groups not to combine the issues of presidential and vice-presidential candidates (presidential and vice-presidential candidates) before the upcoming 2024 elections.

“It’s a matter of the party, a matter of the coalition. The matter of the presidential and cawapres candidates is the matter of the party or party convention. What is the matter of the president?” said Joko Widodo to a group of media after attending the Indonesian Solidarity Party’s (PSI) 8th Anniversary Celebration (HUT) summit in Jakarta on Tuesday evening (January 31, 2023).

This was relayed by President Joko Widodo in response to a swirling assumption that his recent meeting with NasDem party chief Surya Paloh was about the political party’s decision to declare Anies Basweda as its presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. .

President Joko Widodo said he has a lot of work to do, so it’s better to end the practice of linking the palace to presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 election.

“Don’t be in touch with the palace often, just a little with the palace. There is a lot of work in the palace,” said Jokowi.

Despite asking many parties not to associate himself and the palace with presidential and vice presidential nominations, Jokowi made several comments supporting several individuals to run in the 2024 election, such as the Minister of Defense, who is also the chairman. Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto and Crescent Star Party (PBB) Chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra.