Ambitions and Ethics: PDI-P Called Out Gibran, Son of Jokowi, After Becoming Prabowo's Running Mate

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Officials of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) has openly spilled political secrets and called out President Joko Widodo's family after the president's son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is becoming Prabowo Subianto's running mate for 2024 election. Political ambitions and ethics are becoming the main subjects. 

Gibran Rakabuming Raka is currently the mayor of Solo. Gibran has quietly left PDI-Perjuangan to join Golkar Party which supports Prabowo in 2024, a move that irks the PDI-Perjuangan which expects all the party members to support Governor Ganjar Pranowo of Middle Java.

Now President Jokowi himself has not specifically announced to support Ganjar only.

The Secretary General of PDI-P, Hasto Kristiyanto, described Gibran's political behavior as a form of disobedience. Hasto also openly called out the decision of the Constitutional Court which recently has lowered the age limit for presidency/vice-presidency.

"What is happening in the entire chain links of Gibran's nomination is actually a political disobedience against the constitution and the people of Indonesia. Its entirety is combined with the legal engineering in the Constitutional Court," said Hasto Kristiyanto in his statement on Sunday (29/10/2023).

Hasto described the current situation as a "dark cloud of democracy". He also hopes Indonesian people will understand the political ambition behind this.

The leader of PDI-Perjuangan, former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, has not given her statement about Gibran's manoeuvre. 

The chief judge of the Constitutional Court is Anwar Usman, President Jokowi's brother-in-law (Gibran's uncle). Next week, Anwar is going to face ethical review after multiple legal experts protested his decision.