Meeting Surya Paloh For 2 Hours, Democrats Open Opportunities For Coalition With NasDem

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) said the opportunity for his party to form a coalition with the NasDem Party in the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) is open.

Moreover, these two parties have the same desire to succeed by increasing their number of seats in the legislature. This was conveyed by AHY after holding a closed meeting with the General Chair of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh at the NasDem DPP Office, Gondangdia, South Jakarta.

"Actually, there are lots of opportunities and options to form a coalition with each other," AHY told reporters, Tuesday, March 29.

He admitted that the closed meeting was dynamic. Democrats and NasDem, AHY said, have the same vision and mission related to the 2024 election, so the opportunity to work together is wide open.

However, AHY emphasized that the two parties still had to carry out discussions. Moreover, the election stage is still far away.

"NasDem opens opportunities, Democrats open opportunities. But, as we said, yes there is a timeline that we must follow together. Right now it is still early 2022, we will continue to follow it," he stressed.

"What is clear is that we have an agreement that there are indeed many common points compared to the differences, we also have a similar vision and mission, of course there are very open opportunities for coalitions," added AHY.

The meeting between the two parties was held for two hours starting at 09.30 WIB. AHY was present accompanied by the Secretary General of the Democratic Party Teuku Riefqy Harsya, Vice-Chancellor Benny K Harman, Chairman of the DPP Herman Khaeron.

Meanwhile, in the closed meeting, Surya Paloh was accompanied by General Treasurer Ahmad Sahroni, Chairman of the DPP Willy Aditya.