Gerindra: Today We Announce Presidential Candidates, PKB May Suggest Name Of Vice President

Daily Chairperson of the Gerindra Party DPP Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (Nailin In Saroh/VOI)

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party DPP Daily Chair Sufmi Dasco Ahmad stated that his party would announce a presidential candidate to be carried in the 2024 presidential election. One hundred percent of Gerindra cadres support General Chair Prabowo Subianto running again in the upcoming presidential election.

It's just that, until now, Gerindra cadres are still waiting for Prabowo's willingness to be re-nominated as a presidential candidate for 2024. It is estimated that Prabowo will announce his answer in the afternoon or evening.

"Today we are announcing a presidential candidate from the Gerindra Party!" Sufmi Dasco told reporters at SICC, Bogor, West Java, Friday, August 12.

To note, today Gerindra held a National Rapimnas with a single agenda of listening to support related to Prabowo's candidacy. The next day, Saturday, August 13, Gerindra and PKB will agree and announce a coalition for the 2024 presidential election.

"Tomorrow we will declare the charter of the party coalition declaration," continued Dasco.

According to him, there will be no resistance from the PKB regarding Prabowo Subianto's proposal as a presidential candidate in 2024. It remains only to determine who the figure will accompany the Defense Minister.

"I think we will decide this later together, because one of the points of the declaration is the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Then it will be mutually agreed upon," said Dasco.

However, the Deputy Speaker of the DPR said that the candidate for vice president had not been announced on the next day. Because, this will be discussed in the next process after Prabowo's appointment as a presidential candidate.

"In the Gerindra Party's AD/ART, the stages are there, that then the presidential candidate process must be carried out first at Rapimnas and designated as a presidential candidate. AD/ART after this," explained Dasco.

"When the time comes, we will agree with the coalition parties and then we will discuss it at the forum," he continued.

Even so, Dasco emphasized that PKB has the right to propose the name of Prabowo's running mate. Is it the Chairman of the PKB Muhaimin Iskandar, said Dasco, waiting for the main date.

"Of course, as a coalition party, PKB may propose names for vice presidential candidates," said Dasco.