Not Because Of Age, Prabowo Considers Giveing Authority Because Of His Ability And Expertise

Prabowo Subianto (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Hundreds of supporters of the prospective presidential-vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka who are members of the young volunteer group of the State Successor fulfilled the declaration which coincided with the commemoration of Youth Pledge Day, October 28.

In the declaration, the presidential candidate from the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) Prabowo Subianto said that age is not a consideration in giving authority to someone.

"So I don't think age is a criterion, but passion and intention. There are young people whose intentions are just spree, there are parents who live hedon," Prabowo Subiakto was quoted as saying by ANTARA, Saturday, October 28.

aat attended the declaration of young volunteers who are members of the State Successor in Djakarta Theater, Jakarta, Saturday. He admitted that he gave authority to people he considered to have abilities and expertise.

"I don't care whose background, whose parents, race, religion. If he was really capable, eager, intending, and had good intentions, that's what I've been pushing, it's always been my establishment and beliefs," he said.

He also expressed his gratitude to the State Successor volunteers who had declared their support for him. On that occasion, the National Coordinator for the Succession of Pradana Indraputra read the script for the declaration of support for Prabowo Subianto.

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. In addition, pairs of candidates can also be 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.