Democrats Believe In Anies Baswedan Choose AHY Because SBY's Figure Is Strong In East Java

Chairman of the Democrats Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono alias AHY together with Anies Baswedan (Instagram @agusyudhoyono)

JAKARTA - The Democratic Party is still confident that its general chairman, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) will be elected by Anies Baswedan as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) to accompany him in the 2024 presidential election. This was said by the spokesman for the Democratic Party, Herzaky Mahendra Putra, referring to the criteria that Anies wanted. When viewed from the electability, according to him, the figure of AHY is very appropriate to become an Anies vice presidential candidate rather than other figures such as the Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa. "SMRC said that when there was a comparison between Mas AHY and Khofifah, at that time Anies-AHY and Anies-Khofifah was higher by electability," said Herzaky, to reporters, Thursday, April 13. Then, the figure of East Java who can help Anies is also included in the AHY criteria. Where the strength of the Chairman of the Upper House of the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in East Java is also still very large. "When we talk about the battle ground, the battle ground is not only East Java, the battle ground is Indonesia, if you can help with the sound in East Java but you can't help in other areas, how can we all do it, now this must be calculated correctly," explained Herzaky. "When talking about East Java from SMRC, he also said that if Mas AHY Democrats have advantages, however, there is a Mr. SBY figure, Mr. SBY, who is very strong in East Java," he added. In addition, said Herzaky, AHY also has other advantages, namely the capital of the Democratic Party's political machine to be able to help Anies win in the 2024 presidential election. "Mas AHY has a political machine for the Democratic Party that can be moved," he said. Even so, Herzaky said, the Democrats still submitted a decision regarding the vice presidential figure to Anies. Most importantly, he said, this figure could bring victory in the 2024 presidential election.

"From what we see, go ahead, and be fine, if there are many considerations and many surveys, many experts have expressed their likes. After all, we want to win," he concluded.