Zulkifli Hasan Believes That Gibran Moncer Is Like Jokowi, PKS Does Not Agree

Gibran in Solo (Photo: Instagram @gibranrakabuming)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan praised Gibran Rakabuming Raka who was considered to have a great political career like his father, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) through the Solo Pilkada. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which is still trying to find a challenger to Gibran, does not agree with Zulkifli's opinion.

"He (Zulkifli Hasan) may predict that. But predictions are also for his own party in 2024, especially in Solo. Many PAN Solo constituents do not want to go to Gibran, ”said the Head of the PKS Solo Election and Pilkada, Sugeng Riyanto when contacted by VOI, Thursday, August 13.

According to him, there are political party cadres who are considered more capable than Gibran. Moreover, Gibran is fairly new to politics.

"Many PAN cadres also contributed and their political career far preceded Gibran," continued Sugeng.

The map of the coalition in the Solo Pilkada has been drawn. Gibran, who is paired with Teguh Prakosa, has bought up the support of a political party that has seats in the Solo DPRD. Gibran was supported by the PDI Perjuangan, Gerindra, PAN, Golkar as well as PSI.

Meanwhile, the PKS emphasized that Sugeng had not yet chosen to surrender. PKS is still looking for opportunities to find a challenger to Gibran while ensuring that the conditions for nominating candidates in the Solo Pilkada can be fulfilled.

The dominance of the political parties that support Gibran for PKS is nothing more than a central 'intervention'. Political parties that have seats in the council are said to want it or not to support Gibran in order to secure the existence of political parties in the 2024 elections.

"The political parties in Solo at the central level have been locked up by Pak Jokowi so that it seems that they do not dare to give resistance to Pak Jokowi's son. This is a problem, ”said Sugeng.

The issue of the assessment of the lock in political parties also targets PAN. Sugeng thought that there was an anomaly between the grassroots desire and the political party's decision. However, according to Sugeng, the issue of political decision choices returned to the political party elite in the capital.

“The PAN voter base did not want to vote for Gibran, but in Solo PAN chose Gibran. Gerindra is the same (grassroots choice) but Gerindra Solo sticks to it, ”he said.