Coalition With PKB Is Considered Not Serious, Gerindra: That's Right, It's Agreed

The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, responded casually about his party being considered not serious in working on the Greater Indonesia Awakening Coalition with PKB. The reason is, the coalition agreement has not been triggered by the general chairman of the political parties such as the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB). "It's true that Gerindra and PKB have agreed to work together or form a coalition to face the 2024 general election," Dasco told reporters, Saturday, July 2.

Dasco admitted that Gerindra is currently waiting for the National Meeting which will be held at the end of July to confirm that Prabowo Subianto will run as a presidential candidate. Considering that party administrators and members must comply with the articles of association/by-laws (AD/ART) related to the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"Currently Prabowo Subianto has only been asked for his willingness to be confirmed as a presidential candidate from Gerindra through the National Meeting which will be held at the end of July 2022," he explained.

"So who is the presidential candidate and who is the vice presidential candidate from the Gerindra Party, it's just a matter of time and it will be carried out according to the party mechanism, all administrators and cadres understand that very well," continued Dasco.

Therefore, Dasco emphasized, Gerindra will openly announce the 2024 General Election if there is clarity on the Rapimnas decision. He also denied the perceptions of political observers that Gerindra was 'flat' in responding to cooperation with PKB. Dasco confirmed the seriousness of his party to form a coalition with the party chaired by Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin.

"Until now, there have been no excessive and passionate comments from administrators or cadres about the coalition with PKB, because they adhere to the party's articles of association. But later, if it has gone through the party mechanism stages, the gaspol will of course be carried out by Gerindra cadres automatically, ' said Dasco. "So observers apologize if I read it wrong, and PKB friends, rest assured that the Greater Indonesia Awakening is approaching," said Sufmi Dasco. . This is because the exploration of the coalition is not yet at the level of the general chairman of each party.

"That means, these two parties cannot claim to be in a coalition. Not yet A1," said Adi.

Second, he continued, there has been no official declaration of the kind of KIB. "Everything is still floating, fluid, and even tends to be normative," he continued.

Adi also considered this coalition unbalanced, because according to him only PKB seemed aggressive.

"Third, those who are aggressive in speaking publicly are only one-sided PKB, as if this coalition is 1000 percent formed. In fact, Gerindra politicians seem to have responded flatly," he said.

"It's also possible that the PKB is geer, as if this coalition will definitely materialize, even though Gerindra's response is still flat," Adi added.