Gerindra Ikhlas If Sandiaga Uno Was Promoted By Other Political Parties?

Sandiaga Uno (Photo via Twitter)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Gerindra Board of Trustees who now serves as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, expressed his readiness to run as a presidential candidate in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. In fact, support from volunteers and other political parties has arrived. Responding to this, Deputy Chairperson of the Gerindra Party Ferry Juliantono is not sure that Sandiaga Uno really wants to be nominated as a presidential candidate. The reason is, Sandi was present at the National Rapimnas which declared General Chair Prabowo Subianto as the 2024 presidential candidate from Gerindra. "That's a volunteer (who supports, ed). I'm not sure Mr. Sandiaga wants it, because he's present at the Rapimnas event," Ferry said when met in Kuningan, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 31.

"And Rapimnas' decision to nominate Pak Prabowo," he added. Ferry assessed that Sandiaga Uno respected the decision. However, he did not mind if there was support for Sandi. "Surely Mr. Sandi will respect the decision process in the party Rapimnas. But if the volunteers continue to support it, it is impossible for them to be scolded too," he said.

Without commenting much on the presidential opportunity of other political parties, Ferdy invited Sandiaga to ask himself.

"Yes, ask Mr. Sandi hehe," said Ferry.

Previously, the Yogyakarta PPP DPW assessed that the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno deserved to be a participant in the 2024 presidential election. Sandi then stated his readiness when he was carried out to run in the 2024 presidential election.

"Ready (forward to the 2024 presidential election)," said Sandi after attending a gathering with the DPW PPP DI Yogyakarta, Tuesday, August 30, evening. Sandi also appreciated the various supports he addressed, both when he ran for the 2017 DKI gubernatorial election and when he was vice presidential in 2019.

"I thank you, both in 2017 and 2019, many of my colleagues have fought along and of course we hope that this friendship is a friendship that gives us a long life and delegates our sustenance," said Sandi.