Gibran: Our Task Is To Continue And Improve Jokowi's Running Program

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the declaration at Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, October 25, 2023 (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The candidate for vice president (cawapres) Gibran Rakabuming Raka said his joint task as a candidate for president (candidate) Prabowo Subianto was to continue and perfect the development programs that have been running to bring Indonesia towards progress. "We all believe that the programs that have been running have brought Indonesia to the gate of progress. Our task is now to continue and improve it," said Gibran during the Prabowo-Gibran declaration with volunteers at the Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, South Jakarta, Wednesday, October 25. President Joko Widodo's eldest son stated that one of the programs that must be continued and refined is the granting of People's Business Credit (KUR). "Now there is KUR, Mekar Credit, Micro Waqf, and Ultra Micro Credit. Later, we will add it to the millennial start-up credit," said Gibran. He also explained that the millennial start-up credit would be given to young people who built innovation and technology-based businesses. In addition, while brandishing a poster containing the name of each flagship program, the Surakarta Mayor said that if he and Prabowo would win the 2024 Presidential Election, he would realize a Healthy Indonesian Card for Elderly People (KIS Lansia). "Now there are KIS, Smart Indonesian Card, and PKH (Program Family Hope). Later, I will add KIS Lansia again," he added. He added. He also said there is a special program for mothers and children who aim to reduce the prevalence of stunting cases in children (stunting), namely the Healthy Children Card. In addition, Gibran also said that he would realize an endowment fund for pesantren which is a mandate from Law Number 18 of 2019 concerning Islamic Boarding Schools. Prabowo-Gibran registered as a candidate pair for the 2024 presidential election to the Indonesian KPU Office in Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Jakarta, Wednesday. They will be the third candidate pairs who register to participate in the 2024 Presidential Election.

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 elections that 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 of members of the DPR. 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. It is also possible that 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.