Kaesang Appoints Former PDIP Secretary Lalu Budi as PSI NTB Chairman
Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Kaesang Pangarep has officially appointed Lalu Budi Suryata as the Chairman of the Regional Leadership Council (DPW) of PSI in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Lalu Budi is a former Secretary of the PDIP’s NTB branch. The appointment of Lalu Budi coincided with the installation of the entire DPW PSI NTB leadership and district-level structures down to the branches in Mataram on Saturday (2/5/2026).
Kaesang expressed appreciation for the formation of the entire NTB leadership structure. He stated that the officials have a heavy task of introducing PSI to the grassroots and winning the hearts of the people of NTB.
“The central board is preparing programmes; the district boards should be completed as soon as possible,” Kaesang said in front of hundreds of PSI NTB cadres in Mataram.
Kaesang urged the newly appointed officials to complete the leadership structure down to the branch or village level.
“Even though this leadership has not yet been filled from the DPW level, DPD, branches, but I ask that it be completed immediately down to the DPRT (Branch Leadership Council) level,” he said during his speech.
The event was also marked by the robing of several figures as a sign of their joining the party symbolised by the white-tusked elephant.
The son of Indonesia’s 7th President Joko Widodo emphasised the importance of solidarity and hard work from cadres in every region, especially in NTB, which is not a PSI stronghold, in pursuing victory in the 2029 elections at both legislative and executive levels.
“We know that in NTB, although it is not our base, we are still a small party here, but I am confident that with the appointment of this new leadership, especially with the joining of those figures, I am sure we will seize victory in the upcoming elections,” he asserted.
In addition to Lalu Budi as chairman, other PSI NTB officials appointed include Secretary I Putu Dedi Saputra. There is also former PDIP cadre and former NTB DPRD member Gede Wenten, as well as former PPP figure TGH Hazmi Hamzar. Both have been appointed as the Advisory Board of DPW PSI NTB.
Additionally, former NasDem NTB DPW Secretary Multazam and former four-term NTB DPRD member from the Democrat Party Rais Ishak.
Other figures introduced as joining PSI include former Bima Regent Syafruddin, AA KT Agung Oka Kartha Wirya (young figure from Puri Agung Cakranegara), Lalu Mahdarain (Sasak customary council), and Gaziamansyuri (Dompu community figure).