PDIP Responds to Prabowo: Thank You, President; Indeed PDIP Should Be Outside

Yes, thank you for the praise from the President and indeed PDI Perjuangan should be outside; we are outside and we have in the past performed the role of a political party situated outside the government, providing positive criticisms, Andreas told reporters on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. He said PDIP is outside to provide a second opinion to Prabowo. In other words, to provide views, second opinions, to the government to improve this situation, he said. Andreas said PDIP’s criticisms are not about sentiment. He hopes Prabowo always views PDIP’s criticisms rationally. Yes, but he also said that there are many things he needs from the perspectives of PDI Perjuangan. This is not a matter of feelings, but how we look at this rationally, that the criticisms are, of course, well intended, and that is what we have been doing all along, he added. Statements by Prabowo. Previously, President Prabowo Subianto thanked PDIP for its position outside the government. Prabowo valued PDIP’s position as a counterbalance to his administration. He said this as he closed his government’s macroeconomic and fiscal outlook for 2027 at the Parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 20 May. Prabowo appreciated the time given by the Parliament. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the time given to me. Thank you for the honour accorded to me; once again, thank you for our cooperation,’ Prabowo said. Prabowo then acknowledged that not all factions in the DPR are part of his government. Only one faction in the DPR sits outside the coalition, namely PDIP; Prabowo respected PDIP’s political position. ‘Indeed not all parties here are part of the government, and I respect and understand that; our democracy needs checks and balances. I understand and acknowledge that PDIP sacrifices to stay outside the government,’ he said. Watch Live DetikSore: