"What President Jokowi conveyed finally proves that the Prabowo-Gibran pair is a reflection of Jokowi's Three Terms, which has been rejected by the PDI Perjuangan," said Hasto, as quoted from Merdeka.com, Thursday, January 25, 2024. In addition to violating political ethics, he added, the statement by President Joko Widodo also violates the principles of good governance."

"Because Ganjar Pranowo is a people's president, close to the common people, has widely accepted programs for the poor, and displays a leadership model that is integrated with the people," said Hasto. According to him, Jokowi and supporters of presidential and vice-presidential candidate number 2 are afraid of Ganjar and Mahfud MD who carry a program of populism. Moreover, there is Mahfud, who is known for being firm."

"That is what is feared from Ganjar-Mahfud, even more than a third of the entrepreneurs who contribute to the national economy are mobilized to support Candidate Pair 02," added Hasto. He assessed Jokowi's statement about the president being allowed to take sides and the campaign delivered in front of Prabowo Subianto and the TNI ranks as very inappropriate."

"\u201cTNI is a defense force that should be neutral. However, this actually reveals a motive that seems to want to involve the TNI, at least psychologically,\u201d said Hasto. \u201cSo finally, the reason for many intimidations is answered. Ganjar-Mahfud is besieged from all sides, although we believe that the power of the people cannot be stopped and will become resistance to the arbitrariness that occurs,\u201d added Hasto."