Democrats Discuss The Coalition Plan With PKS And NasDem During Rapimnas September 15-16

The meeting of the Chairman of the Democrats AHY and the Head of the NasDem Surya Paloh on Thursday, June 23. (Antara)

JAKARTA - The Democratic Party will discuss the plan for a political party coalition at the 2022 Democratic Party National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas). The Rapimnas will be held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on Thursday-Friday, September 15-16, 2022. Democratic General Chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono or AHY and top party officials will listen to inputs and explore the aspirations conveyed by 3,000 Democratic Party leaders from all over Indonesia.

The leaders of the Democratic Party from all over Indonesia have so far met and absorbed the people's direct aspirations from 34 provinces, 514 regencies/cities, and 83 thousand villages and sub-districts. These inputs are certainly very valuable and necessary by the Democratic Party in determining its future steps towards the 2024 presidential and legislative elections," said the spokesman for the Democratic Party's DPP, Herzaky Mahendra Putra, in his statement, Wednesday, September 14.

According to Herzaky, Democrats in establishing coalitions and determining presidential and vice presidential candidates should consider it in-depth and comprehensively.

Speaking of the 2024 presidential election, it means talking about the fate of the nation and this country at least the next five years. Talking about the fate of 270 million Indonesian people," he said.

Herzaky said the presidential nomination threshold was 20 percent. Meanwhile, the new Democrats have 9.36 percent of parliamentary seats, thus making them have to form a coalition with other parliamentary parties.

"Will there be a desire to form a coalition with any political parties, including NasDem and PKS, which have often been mentioned, it is very possible to discuss and what kind of path the Democratic Party will take," he said.

Regarding the name of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates that brought up the Democratic Party, Herzaky said it depended on inputs and recommendations from the leaders of the Democratic Party of rapid national participants.

The voices and hopes of the Democratic Party constituents from all corners of Indonesia will certainly be one of the main considerations in determining the presidential and vice presidential candidates that will be carried by the Democratic Party," said Herzaky.