Meet Surya Paloh, PKS President: God Willing, PKS-NasDem Will Have Many Meeting Points

NasDem Chairman Surya Paloh with PKS President/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Chairman of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh, welcomed the visit of PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu and his staff to the NasDem DPP office in Gondangdia, Central Jakarta.

Paloh said that many discussions took place between NasDem and PKS after having lunch together. He hopes that this visit will be a good start to prepare for consolidation towards the 2024 General Election, although today there is no agreement on a coalition.

"For both of us, there is not one thing that is serious enough to be discussed between us. But we have got something that is interpreted. There are many common views of thought that are very possible to collaborate together to become a hope to increase efforts that must be prepared from an early age so that the quality of the election the year 2024 that will come will be much better than what we have been through," said Paloh during a press conference at NasDem Tower, Jakarta, Wednesday, June 22.

There are several agreements made with the PKS President. Among other things, related to how to build public awareness in welcoming, facing and conducting elections while maintaining the spirit of solidarity and unity among the nation's children. Where each has their own rights and choices with a conducive atmosphere and a much more cheerful atmosphere.

"Now this has become an agreement that is indeed a direct reflection between me and Pak Syaikhu as the general chairman of PKS and friends in NasDem," said Paloh.

Meanwhile, PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu expressed his gratitude to Surya Paloh and the NasDem Party officials who have received them with warmth, kinship and optimism for a better future. Shaykh acknowledged that there were many points of similarity in the two-hour conversation.

"God willing, making us in PKS and NasDem there will be many meeting points towards big agendas that of course need to be prepared. Of course, not only today we stay in touch, but God willing, we will follow up on a more technical level at the political elite level. Hopefully we can do it," said Shaykh.

"From the steps and good intentions to improve our country, hopefully Allah will provide a way to facilitate togetherness, collaboration to build a better country," he added.

Both NasDem and PKS have not stated that they are forming a coalition axis for the 2024 Presidential Election. However, both of them have agreed to sign and announce the points of agreement to prepare for the 2024 General Election together.

These are the points of agreement between NasDem and PKS as a result of today's meeting read by the Secretary General of NasDem Johnny G Plate, including:

Today, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the functionaries of the NasDem Party's DPP have met with the Prosperous Justice Party's DPP functionaries at the NasDem Tower, Jl. RP Soeroso No. 42-46, Gondangdia, Menteng, Central Jakarta. The two parties met for the sake of friendship.

In the meeting it was agreed to unite and unify the vision of the life of the nation and state today.

In the meeting which took place warmly and full of brotherhood, the two political parties agreed to:

1. Build public awareness to continue to express their dignity as a citizen in the values of Pancasila above the interests of groups and groups.

2. Making the 2024 simultaneous elections an instrument of democracy full of the spirit of tolerance and national unity.

3. Agree on the preparation of the 2024 presidential election cooperation within a mutually determined time.

May God Almighty bless this meeting and continue to give strength to both parties to continue to commit to this agreement.