Kaesang Boasts PSI Will Control Central Java, ISEAS Researcher: This Party Has No Prospects

FAJAR.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The statement by the General Chair of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), Kaesang Pangarep, who boasted that his party would control Central Java is now being discussed by the public.

In fact, ISEAS Yosuf-Ishak Institute researcher, Made Supriatma, also reviewed Jokowi’s youngest son’s statement. He even admitted that he had been observing the party for several years.

“I remembered an old joke that a close friend of mine once told me.
How many legs does an elephant have?
Four!
What about Gajrah?
… silence … tick tock tick tock …
(give up can’t answer)
Emprat, he said calmly,” wrote Made Supriatma, starting his review.

Made then discussed Kaesang’s statement and linked it to the joke.

“I don’t know why. From the start, I had a feeling that this party, PSI, had no prospects in Indonesian politics. It had the wrong design. It was wrong,” continued Made, quoted from his social media account, Saturday (10/1/2026).

When it was first established, he considered it just an experiment. At that time, Made admitted that he appreciated the bold experiment.

Several people close to the founder of this party told me, “Let’s try.” The chairman is a woman from a minority group. They also whispered about who had the money (hey, I’m a researcher! So I have to know that).

Then, the captive market is the young group. Gen Z, they say. He immediately attracted the attention of young people.

In 2019, I toured Sumatra to see the elections. I was impressed with this party. Because it contains young people who don’t know politics, have never been involved in politics, and are actually not interested in politics. And most of them, yes, from minority groups.