Gibran Visits AHY's House, Meets 1 Hour Out Without Talking

Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited the house of the General Chairman of the Democrats Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) on Jalan Prapanca No. 10, Jakarta, Sunday (22/10/2023). BETWEEN/Genta Tenri Mawangi.

JAKARTA - Gibran Rakabuming Raka, which was recently proposed by the Golkar Party as a candidate for vice president (cawapres) accompanying Prabowo Subianto, visited the residence of Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) in Jakarta, Sunday 22 October.

Gibran, wearing a gold brown batik top, arrived at AHY's residence on Jalan Prapanca, Jakarta, at 08.23 WIB, riding a black Toyota Innova with license plate number B-2113-ZZH. The hosts, wearing green tops, immediately welcomed Gibran's arrival on the terrace.

Both of them went straight into the house and left at 09.35 WIB.

AHY and Gibran had time to greet media colleagues who were waiting outside, but both of them did not want to answer reporters' questions regarding the contents of the meeting and regarding Gibran's visit to AHY's residence.

However, the meeting may be related to the name Gibran proposed by Golkar as Prabowo's vice presidential candidate.

After being officially proposed as Prabowo's vice presidential candidate by Golkar, Saturday, October 21, Gibran met with the general chairmen of the parties members of the Advanced Indonesia Coalition, including the General Chairperson of the PAN DPP Zulkifli Hasan at his official residence, Kompleks Menteri Widya Chandra, Jakarta, Saturday, October 21.

The Advanced Indonesia Coalition, which consists of the Gerindra Party, Golkar Party, PAN, Crescent Star Party, the Indonesian Gelora Party, Garuda Party, PRIMA, and the Democratic Party, carries Prabowo Subianto forward for the 2024 Presidential Election as a presidential candidate.

In an event held by a volunteer entitled "Indonesia Calling Gibran" at the Proclamation Monument, Jakarta, Saturday, Gibran admitted that he had met the general chairman of the Advanced Indonesia Coalition party.

"I met the coalition chairman earlier. Later there will be the next surprises, just wait," Gibran told reporters at the Proclamation Monument.

Previously, Prabowo's candidate for vice president apart from Gibran was Erick Thohir (proposed PAN), Yusril Ihza Mahendra (Chairman of the Crescent Star Party), and Khofifah Indar Parawansa (Governor of East Java proposed by the Democratic Party).

In the last few days, Gibran's name has become increasingly rumored to be Prabowo's vice presidential candidate. Gerindra General Chair Prabowo Subianto is currently the only presidential candidate (candidate) who has not announced his vice presidential candidate and has not registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU).

The other two candidates for vice presidential candidates, namely the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD registered themselves first on the first day that registration was opened by the KPU.

However, Presidential Special Staff Coordinator Ari Dwipayana on Friday said Prabowo submitted two permits to run for the 2024 presidential election and leave to the President of the Republic of Indonesia. President Joko Widodo has also approved the two letters.

Registration for presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled for October 19, 2023 to November 25, 2023.

Based on Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning 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 seats in the DPR 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 the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that the candidate pairs 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.