Prabowo Continues To Communicate With PKS About Candidates For The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto revealed that he continues to communicate and consult with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to announce candidate pairs in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

"God willing, we will announce it in the right time," said Prabowo Subianto when he left his official residence in Jakarta as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 8.

In addition to the PKS issue, Prabowo also revealed that he had been invited by PKB to attend the PKB Congress which will be held at the end of August 2024.

"I was invited to the PKB Congress. God willing, I will attend," he said.

Previously, PKS stated that it opened the option to leave Anies Baswedan and join the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) which will carry Ridwan Kamil to run as a candidate for governor in the 2024 DKI Jakarta Pilkada.

This option was raised by PKS because Anies Baswedan had exceeded the deadline to gather his coalition of parties in the Jakarta Pilkada. So far, PKS only has 18 seats in the Jakarta DPRD and still needs 4 more seats for candidacy.

Previously, Gerindra announced that he would carry a Golkar Party cadre, Ridwan Kamil, to run in the Jakarta Pilkada.

Meanwhile, PKS had previously declared support for Anies who was paired with Sohibul Iman as a candidate for deputy governor.