Prabowo Asked Cadres For Nyapres Again, His Decision Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election

JAKARTA - All Gerindra Party cadres agreed to ask their general chairman, Prabowo Subianto to run for president again in the 2024 presidential election. This was conveyed by Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani after the extraordinary congress (KLB) was held.

"The Gerindra Party then all the DPD and DPC asked Pak Prabowo to step forward in the 2024 presidential election," Muzani told reporters at the location of the Gerindra Party Outbreak that was held in Bukit Hambalang, Bogor, Saturday, August 8.

Although this request came from all of his cadres, Muzani said Prabowo did not want to think further about the presidential election. This is because the 2024 presidential election is still long so it will not be decided in the near future.

"Regarding this latest request, the progress is in 2024, Pak Prabowo said in front of the KLB participants that this matter will be decided one year or one and a half years from now," he said.

He said, currently Prabowo still has not thought about the 2024 presidential election because he is focusing on carrying out his duties in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet as Minister of Defense (Menhan). In addition, Muzani said Prabowo would carry out institutional arrangements within the Gerindra Party.

"He will organize party institutions. He will concentrate on the tasks given by the president as Minister of Defense and he will concentrate on other political work," he said.

Previously, the Gerindra Party officially re-elected Prabowo Subianto as the general chairman and chairman of the supervisory board in the 2020-2024 period.

Gerindra Party Spokesperson, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said that all Gerindra Party DPD administrators have agreed to accept the accountability report of the 2015-2020 party supervisory board.

In addition, all representatives of the Gerindra Party in the regions from 34 provinces also agreed to ask Prabowo Subianto, who is now the Minister of Defense (Menhan) to lead the party again.

"So, it has been officially endorsed by the chairperson of the session Pak (Ahmad) Muzani that the General Chairperson of the Gerindra DPP and the Chair of the Board of Trustees are again led by Pak Prabowo Subianto," said Dahnil at the Gerindra KLB location, Hambalang, Bogor, West Java, Saturday, August 8.

This request, said Dahnil, had been accepted by Prabowo Subianto. Moreover, this request came from all of the Gerindra Party DPD. "If the entire DPD is unanimous, he will state that he is ready and ready to assume the responsibility," he said.

Prabowo has already participated in the Presidential Election three times. In 2009, Prabowo participated in the Presidential Election. But he became a deputy to accompany Megawati Sukarnoputri. In this presidential election, the winner is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Budiono.

Then, in 2014 Prabowo stepped forward again. This time he became a presidential candidate accompanied by Hatta Rajasa. This pair lost to Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla.

In the 2019 election, Prabowo ran again as a presidential candidate. In this election he was accompanied by Sandiaga Uno. However, this pair lost again to Jokowi who was paired with Ma'ruf Amin.