PPP Optimistic Sandiaga Will Be Asked By Ganjar To Be A Vice Presidential Candidate Because There Are Many Excess

JAKARTA - PPP Spokesperson Achmad Baidowi said he was optimistic that the Chairman of the Election Winning Body Sandiaga Uno had criteria as a candidate for vice president (cawapres) who would accompany Ganjar in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). "Sandiaga Uno has the criteria needed as a candidate for vice presidential candidate (candidate) of the PDI-P Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election. As a result of several survey institutions," said Awiek as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday 26 July. According to him, the name of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno is included in the remaining five names for the candidate for vice presidential candidate (candidate) Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election. As for the National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) of PPP last June, he continued, Sandiaga Uno has been recommended by the party bearing the Ka'bah as the candidate for Ganjar Pranowo's companion. "We are obliged to continue to carry out socialization down on this matter in particular to party structure and voter nodes," he said. Even so, Awiek ensured that PPP was only in the position of proposing candidates for vice presidential candidates. While the decision depended on the agreement of the general chairmans of political parties, especially PDI-P Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri. On Monday, PDI-P Chairperson Puan Maharani mentioned that there were already five names as candidates for vice president for Ganjar Pranowo. "Now there are 10 names, one of them is Cak Imin," said Puan after attending the peak of the celebration of the 25th Anniversary (Harlah) of PKB at Manahan Stadium. Surakarta, Central Java, Sunday evening.Puan mentions the five names, namely Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, Erick Thohir, Andhika Perkasa, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, and Muhaimin Iskan Imin (Cak Imin). "There are now 10 names, now.

As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total DPR seats or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election of DPR members. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament, so that pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI or pairs of candidates are promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.