Democrats No LONGer Force Agus Yudhoyono, Now The Decree Of The Vice President Is Up To Anies Baswedan

Agus Yudhoyono took a photo via Twitter

JAKARTA - The Democrat Party has fully handed over the decision of the future vice presidential candidate (cawapres) to Anies Baswedan who will be supported in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres).

"Democrats leave the decision to read the vice president to the presidential reading that we carry," said Head of the Central Leadership Council (DPP) of the Democratic Party, Herzaky Mahendra Putra, to reporters in Jakarta, Friday, January 27, quoted from Antara.

So far, there has been no clear point in who will accompany Anies as vice presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election. But what is clear is that the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), is one of the strong candidates who is predicted to have a duet with Anies.

Agus Yudhoyono himself openly invited the NasDem Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to immediately form the Change Secretariat. This invitation is proof of the seriousness and commitment of the Democratic Party to realize the Coalition for Change.

Although Agus Yudhoyono had invited NasDem and PKS to form the Secretariat of Change in order to realize the Coalition for Change, Herzaky was still reluctant to comment further. He did not want to respond in detail to what the general chairman said.

On the other hand, Agus Yudhoyono emphasized that the meeting held by the Democratic, PKS, and NasDem coalitions was not for transactional politics and pragmatism.

The Democrat Coalition, PKS, and NasDem are united by the same vision and spirit, the same fate, and the same struggle to carry out the mandate of the people who want change and improvement in the life of society, nation and state.

In fact, the work of the small team of the Change Coalition is nearing the final stage. With a communication time span of more than six months, it is enough to make important and fundamental decisions.

Even Agus Yudhoyono said that there were similarities in the perspective of the three parties to carry Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

"For Democrats, Mas Anies is a figure of change and improvement," said Agus Yudhoyono on a separate occasion.

Regarding the future vice presidential candidate, Agus Yudhoyono admitted that the Democrats and PKS each have the aspirations of their main cadres. As an aspiration as a candidate for coalition members, this is a natural thing, but the most important thing is that discussions about the future cawapres should not hinder the finalization of the coalition so that the formation of a coalition of changes becomes a necessity.

"We are only rational. Do not let the factor in determining the vice president's reading become something that hinders the formation of the Change Coalition. For this reason, the Democrats will invite PKS to submit the decision to read the vice president to the presidential reading that we carry, so that the three parties have the same equality in the coalition," he also said.

Later, he said again, the couple who will be promoted by the three parties will be harmonious and complement each other when they get the mandate to run the government wheels, so that it is not just a "forced marriage".

Regarding the criteria for vice presidential candidates, as stated by Anies Baswedan, AHY feels that there are no principles constraints so that it is the right of a presidential candidate.