TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Secretary General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristiyanto said if Kaesang Pangarep wants to join PDIP must submit a written application. Previously, the youngest son of President Joko Widodo expressed his desire to enter politics.
“Including Mas Kaesang must submit a written request why he wants to join the PDIP,” Hasto said while attending the inauguration of Semarang Mayor Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu at the Central Java Governor’s Office on Monday, January 30, 2023.
Hasto said that this process also applies to anyone who wants to join the party with the bull symbol. So that people who register to become members of the PDIP have been active from the start.
Even though he hasn’t officially registered yet, according to Hasto, PDIP will open the door if Kaesang wants to follow in his father’s footsteps. “So the party is of course open to Mas Kaesang if he joins the PDIP,” he said.
He said, so far PDIP has a provision that one family comes from the same party. “Remembering, political education also starts from the family. It becomes part of the rules applied in the party,” he said.
Previously, Joko Widodo’s extended family or Jokowi has joined the PDIP. Now they occupy executive positions, namely Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution. Hasto denied that Kaesang joined PDIP as a form of dynastic politics.
“In a democratic country, what’s called an opinion is fine. But what’s important is that the party does the same thing and then prepares anyone who joins the PDIP through political education and leadership regeneration. Even in developed countries, politics also starts from the family, apart from formal education, ” he said.
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