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Gibran faces barrage of criticism at Surakarta city council
Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka faced a barrage of criticism from a councilor of his former party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) at a hearing at the city legislature on Monday, some three months before he takes office as the country’s next vice president.
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Surakarta mayor and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) talks with residents of Pasar Manggis subdistrict, Setiabudi, South Jakarta, on July 3, 2024. Gibran holds a 'blusukan' (impromptu visit) to several locations in Jakarta to “know more about the city's problem“ before taking office as the vice president in October. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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urakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka faced a barrage of criticism from a councilor of his former party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), at a hearing at the city legislature on Monday, some three months before he takes office as the country’s next vice president.
On Monday, Gibran was supposed to present his reports regarding existing changes in this year’s city budget and proposals for next year’s budget at the hearing at the Surakarta Legislative Council. But he was interrupted by politician Honda Hendarto from the PDI-P, which holds the majority of seats at the legislature, just before the mayor presented his arguments.
Honda questioned whether Gibran had sent the complete documents regarding the changes to the 2024 budget and how the budget was spent so far to support his arguments.
“I don’t see the documents here, which are important bases to continue discussing [budget allocation],” Honda said during the meeting, which was livestreamed on YouTube.
“Similar occurrences have taken place several times in the past,” he said. “[...] Don’t let this become a habit.”
The interruption was brief but forced the meeting to be suspended for several minutes.
Gibran, the oldest son of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, is currently not a member of any party. He parted ways with the PDI-P after he ran for vice president on the ticket of the rival Gerindra Party and three other parties in February and won the election alongside president-elect Prabowo Subianto, running against PDI-P candidate Ganjar Pranowo and the other unsuccessful ticket of Anies Baswedan.
