PKS Claims Offered The Position Of Cawagub DKI By The Prabowo Coalition, Anies: It Is More Important To Talk About Citizens' Conditions Now

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan was reluctant to comment on the claims of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) offered to propose a candidate for Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) which brought Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election.

Even though he intends to run as a candidate for Governor of DKI in the 2024 Pilkada, Anies assesses that the nomination process by the coalition of political parties does not need to be discussed now. The problems faced by Jakarta residents today, Anies considers, are more important to highlight.

"I think it is more important for us to talk about the current condition of Jakarta residents, yes, and the problems that must be resolved," said Anies when met in South Jakarta, Wednesday, June 19.

According to the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, the regional election is not solely about who will become the candidate for governor of DKI, who will be the deputy governor candidate, and what party will nominate.

"But about what policies will be brought and implemented, because that will be felt by the people of Jakarta," explained Anies.

Previously, PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu admitted that his party had received an offer from the political party KIM to submit a cawagub to accompany Ridwan Kamil in the upcoming Jakarta Pilkada 2024. However, Syaikhu said, PKS was still conducting an in-depth assessment of the offer.

"There is (a proposal to run as a companion to Ridwan Kamil, ed). That's why we are trying, analyzing, we are reviewing which ones will be the most beneficial later, something like that," said Syaikhu in South Jakarta, Tuesday, June 18.

When asked whether PKS would join the government coalition after the offer, Syaikhu was reluctant to comment much. Because according to him, there is no offer to enter the elected presidential government yet.

PKS itself plans to propose a cawagub if later it officially carries Anies Baswedan in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. The reason is, as the political party that wins the election in Jakarta, PKS has the right to advance candidates in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

"If the DPP decides, for example, Mr. Anies as a cagub from PKS, and for example, he is also nominated by other parties, so that he is then in the name of cross-party, then of course PKS should submit a cawagub from PKS," said Deputy Chairman of the PKS Shura Council, Hidayat Nur Wahid (HNW) in South Jakarta, June 18.

Moreover, continued HNW, in the 2017 Pilkada when carrying Anies with Gerindra, the cawagub was not from PKS. Gerindra actually proposed Sandiaga Uno.

"The previous period, PKS has supported Pak Anies cagub, the cawagub is not from PKS, you know. Now it's not there anymore?" bring up HNW.