PPP Supports Ganjar In The 2024 Presidential Election, Mardiono Says Jokowi Says Thank You

Acting Chairman of the PPP DPP Muhamad Mardiono (central) and a group of high-ranking PPP officials after being received by President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (4/5/2023). (ANTARA)

Acting Chairman of the PPP DPP Muhamad Mardiono said his party received a thank you from the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo for establishing support for the presidential candidate in the 2024 election by going through a constitutional process and not causing friction. "Earlier, Mr. President said that thank you PPP for going through a constitutional process so as not to cause friction in the decision making," said Mardiono, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday 2 May. President Jokowi, said Mardiono, said that PPP's move has become a great energy in the journey of the nation and state in the future. "Because we also have to take care of this election, don't let the election, which we hope will become a party for the people, there will be a division, whether it's later. face-to-face, "said Mardiono. Jokowi, said Mardiono, advised PPP to continue to maintain political conduciveness ahead of the 2024 General Election so that the democratic party runs smoothly and can be enjoyed by the people. Mardiono said that Jokowi also motivated PPP in undergoing the 2024 Election contestation because it coincided with the momentum of the party's age bearing the 50th year Ka'bah. "Of course it's time for the momentum of 2024 at the age of 50 years to rise to the steps, so to get "For the next leaps," said Mardiono. The group of high-ranking PPP officials on Thursday evening held a halalbihalal meeting of Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijriah, and also conveyed the results of the party's National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) to the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo. In Rapimnas in Sleman, Yogyakarta, April 26, 2023, PPP officially announced the appointment of PDI-P cadres who currently serve as active Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, as a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Mardiono said PPP reported the decision of the results of Rapimnas to Jokowi as a coalition. In addition to submitting the results of the National Meeting to President Jokowi, PPP has also done the same with PDI-P General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri in Jakarta, Sunday, May 30. according to the stages and schedule for holding the 2024 General Election by the KPU, presidential and vice presidential nominations are scheduled to open from October 19, 2023 to November 25, 2023.

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