Predicted Party Joining Nasdem After Official Anies Baswedan

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YOGYAKARTA - The Nasdem Party has officially carried Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate (candidate) promoted in the 2024 general election (Pemilu). After the announcement, the public also questioned the candidate for vice president who accompanied Anies and the prediction of the party that joined the Nasdem election.

Surya Paloh, General Chairperson (Ketum) of the Nasdem Party, stated that the choice of cawapres was entirely left to Anies Baswedan. Nasdem released Anies himself to determine his partner in the 2024 presidential election later.

"About the vice president, for Nasdem, we will give the authority to Mr. Anies," said Surya Paloh at Nasdem Tower, Gondangdia, Central Jakarta, Monday (3/10).

The chairman of the Nasdem also explained the reason for handing over the selection of vice presidential candidates to Anies Baswedan. He was worried that the decisive party might not be suitable to partner with Anies, so he could not directly determine who the person who would be suitable to accompany his presidential candidate.

In the previous month, September, Ahmad Ali, Deputy Chairperson of the NasDem Party, said that his party had prepared 3 names as vice presidents for Anies' assistance. The three figures are Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Khofifah Indar Parawangsa, and General Andika Perkasa. However, Ali stated that there had been no coalition agreement with other parties.

The three names that have the potential to become Anies' companions were jointly linked between NasDem, PKS, and the Democratic Party. Although they have made candidates for the Nasdem vice president, their party has not officially decided. But so far the parties close to Nasdem are PKS and Democrats.

The Vice-Chancellor Nasdem stated that he could not respond to the Democratic proposal about AHY being Anies' partner. He said NasDem had no coalition ties with the Democrats. He also stated that anyone could form a coalition with NasDem.

Meanwhile, Zulfan Lindan, NasDem Party politician, stated that the coalition was approaching 80-90 percent. He said for the vice president not to rush, there is still a long time to discuss it more carefully.

Muhammad Kholid, spokesman for PKS, revealed that there were several aspirations that arose. PKS conveyed several candidates from within the party. He also said that because it was a coalition, NasDem, PKS, and Democrats had the same right to propose the names of the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

In proposing candidates, Kholid emphasized the importance of presidential and vice-presidential candidates to have a match or chemistry. In line with Surya Paloh, he also said that the presidential candidate has the prevalence and criteria for his vice presidential candidate.

The presidential candidate carried by NasDem, Anies Baswedan, does not yet have a ticket to enter the 2024 presidential election. There are minimum political party requirements or a combination of political parties that must be met by NasDem to carry the presidential and vice presidential candidates. The condition is that the presidential threshold is 20 percent of seats in the DPR.

The Vice-Chancellor Nasdem said that the NasDem coalition would only be announced on November 10 at the same time as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates agreed by the coalition. He said that currently NasDem does not yet have a coalition. After the candidate discussion, a coalition announcement will be held. PKS and Democrats are two political parties confirmed to be close to the NasDem coalition.

That is the prediction of the party joining NasDem after the determination of Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate being carried out. However, the announcement of the new coalition will be made on November 10.

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