M. Taufik Gerindra Outspoken, Ready To Be Timses If Anies Baswedan Runs In The 2024 Presidential Election

Member of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the Gerindra faction, Mohamad Taufik watching Formula E (Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party politician Mohamad Taufik has been outspoken about the map of support for candidates during the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Taufik admitted that he was ready to become the success team (timses) or Anies Baswedan's campaign team if the governor of DKI Jakarta came forward as a candidate.

"God willing (ready to be a team member). We don't need to be pushed, we will still push. Mr. Anies' people are good. We think that Indonesia must be led by good and smart people. That's Anies who is suitable," Taufik said when contacted, Tuesday, 7 June.

This DPRD member views Anies as a worthy figure to participate in the presidential election contestation in the 2024 General Election. Because, according to him, Anies can make people prosperous when he leads.

"Indeed, Anies is, firstly because of our friends. Second, Anies deserves to be President to change this nation so that the people are more prosperous, more just. This is in my view, you know," he said.

In line with this, Taufik has indeed planned to leave the Gerindra Party and will resign from his position as a Member of the DKI DPRD for the 2019-2024 period.

The plan to move the party was revealed after he was removed from the position of Deputy Chair of the DKI Jakarta DPRD by the Gerindra Party DPP and replaced by Rani Mauliani.

The deputy chairman of the DKI DPRD from 2014 to 2022 admitted that one of the reasons he wanted to leave the Gerindra Party was because he no longer felt comfortable.

"One of them is because it is uncomfortable. We need comfort in a party. If you are not comfortable in a house, there are only two choices. Stay still or leave the house," he said.

Then, Taufik also stated the reason he wanted to move to the Nasdem Party. Taufik said he would move to a party with the same ideology as Gerindra, the party which was founded in 2008 has a nationalist ideology.

Thus, Taufik views that Nasdem is the right party for him to anchor because it has a similar ideology to Gerindra.

"We can see which movements are based on religion, which ones are based on the nationalist movement. Well, I'm starting from the nationalist party. Of course if you want to shift, the tendency will be to a nationalist party," he explained.