Cak Imin: Anies Has Not Yet Conveyed His Desire To Advance For The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

JAKARTA - PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak) Imin said Anies Baswedan had not conveyed his desire to run again in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. It is known that Anies had led DKI Jakarta in the 2017-2022 period.

"In particular, not yet," said Cak Imin, Tuesday, May 28.

Cak Imin would like to welcome Anies again to run for governor of Jakarta. However, he said, PKB will still discuss internally about the candidates to be promoted in the regional elections.

"Yes, if I personally am very happy if Anies is carried it will indeed be part of togetherness so far. But we will wait for the pilkada desk process which will discuss with all levels of DPW, DPC," explained Cak Imin.

The deputy chairman of the DPR revealed that there had been no discussion at the PKB regarding the recommendation for Anies to run for the Jakarta Regional Election. He said the internal PKB would only discuss this next week.

"Not yet, not yet next week. At the end of this month, all regional elections including DKI will be discussed, "said Cak Imin.

When asked about Anies' spokesman, Sudirman Said, who is also ready to run in the Jakarta gubernatorial election and has built communication with PKB, Cak Imin said he would consider it.

"Yes, all Pilkada issues are being discussed. All input from various parties, especially from the lower level, DPC, DPW, is entering the final stage. Now their inputs will be completed by the end of this month so that the PKB of the DKI province will, PKB's willingness at the city level will be taken into consideration, but there has been no decision yet," he concluded.