Joining Prabowo's Coalition, AHY Titip Agenda Change And Improvement

Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) entrusted the agenda for changes and improvements to the presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.AHY together with the Chairman of the High Council of the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) met Prabowo and the ranks of party leaders from the Advanced Indonesia Coalition in Hambalang, West Java, last Sunday to convey Democratic support for Prabowo to run as a presidential candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). Secretary General of the DPP The Democratic Party, Teuku Riefky Harsya, said that during a meeting this afternoon in Hambalang, the Chairman of the Democratic Party conveyed the results of the Democratic MTP (High Party Council) decision which stated that the Democratic Party supports Pak Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election. "On that occasion, Ketum AHY also left an agenda for changes and improvements promoted by the Democratic Party," said Riefky, Monday, September 18. Riefky explained that the agenda for change and improvement does not mean replacing it or remove all of the programs that have been running at this time. The good ones have been continued, which has not been well improved," AHY said in his meeting with Prabowo as stated by Teuku Riefky. Even though the Democrats have conveyed their support directly to Prabowo, Teuku Riefky said that the declaration of support will officially be announced by AHY in front of thousands of cadres during the Democratic Party's National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) on September 21, 2023. The agenda for changes and improvements will be announced by AHY in front of thousands of cadres during the National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) of the Democratic Party on September 21, 2023. is is the vision of the Democratic Party which according to AHY on several occasions is the aspiration of the people and cadres. Therefore, the Democrats previously decided to join the Coalition for Change for Unity (KPP) with the NasDem Party and PKS, as well as support Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election. However, the Democrats earlier this month decided to withdraw their support for Anies as well as leave the Coalition for Change, especially after NasDem and PKB were in coalition. and both of them appointed PKB General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar as the prospective vice presidential candidate accompanying Anies. So far, only Anies, will be a presidential candidate, who announced his partner. Prabowo and the prospective PDI-P presidential candidate, Ganjar Pranowo, have not announced their companion's name in public. The registration of 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 Elections), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in 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 pairs of candidates are promoted by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.