Opening The Gerindra Rapimnas Today, Prabowo Is Called As A Pocket Of Support For All Cadres To Become A 2024 Presidential Candidate

Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto (right) and Vice President Fadli Zon. (Antara-Rosa P)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto will open the National Leadership Meeting or Rapimnas on Friday, August 12, morning. Rapimnas will confirm Prabowo's candidacy in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The event, which was held at the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC), Bogor, West Java, also became the momentum for the declaration of the coalition with the National Awakening Party (PKB) tomorrow, Saturday, August 13. The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that the preparations for the National Rapimnas which were held for two days had already been completed. Dasco said, the leaders of the DPD and DPC as well as the DPRD throughout Indonesia had arrived in Jakarta since yesterday. The deputy chairman of the DPR RI stated that all Gerindra cadres had unanimously supported Prabowo Subianto to run as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

"A unanimous vote to ask for or wait for Pak Prabowo's answer to the request of all cadres to run in the 2024 presidential election," Dasco said via voice message, Friday, August 12.

Previously, Prabowo had signaled that he was ready to accept a mandate from Gerindra cadres if asked to run again as a presidential candidate.

"Yes, we will see the results of the National Meeting, but if I do get the task, I consider it a sacred duty, to serve and serve the people. Of course I have to accept it well if I am actually nominated," said Prabowo at the KPU office, Jakarta. , Monday, August 8. It is known that Prabowo has participated in the presidential election three times. In the 2009 presidential election, Prabowo ran with Megawati Sukarnoputri. However, this pair lost to the incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono. Then in the 2014 presidential election, Prabowo ran again with Hatta Rajasa, but was defeated by the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla pair.

In the 2019 presidential election, Prabowo ran again and paired with Sandiaga Uno. Again, Prabowo lost to Jokowi who was paired with Ma'ruf Amin. If he goes again, the 2024 presidential election will be Prabowo Subianto's fourth battle.