PPP Officially Recommends Sandiaga Uno To Be Ganjar Pranowo's Assistant

Secretary General of the PPP DPP Muhamad Arwani Thomafi at the PPP VI National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta, Saturday, June 17. (Photo via ANTARA/Narda Margaretha Sinambela)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno was officially recommended as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) by the DPP of the United Development Party (PPP). Sandiaga was offered to accompany Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election (Pilpres). This was conveyed by the Secretary General of the PPP Muhamad Thomafi in the VI PPP VI National Leadership Meeting at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta, Saturday, June 17. "We will read out the recommendation of the 6th National Leadership Meeting related to the presidential election that the United Development Party proposed Brother Sandiaga Salahudddin Uno as a vice presidential candidate to accompany Ganjar Pranowo's presidential candidate in the 2024 General Election," said Arwani. Arwani said. He decided to focus as the highest commander, the highest commander in winning the PPP election in the 2024 election, "he explained, as quoted from Antara.

He said Mardiono was mandated to fight for Sandiaga Uno as a vice presidential candidate for PDI-P General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri. "The PPP mandates the Acting General Chairperson of PPP Muhammad Mardiono to convey and fight for Sandiaga Salahudin Uno as vice presidential candidate to the Chairperson of the PDIP Perjuangan, Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri, to accompany the presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 election," he added.

Previously, Acting Chairperson of the PPP DPP Muhamad Mardiono admitted that he did not want to rush to carry the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno as a candidate for vice president (cawapres) in the 2024 election. "Yes, we will see that later. Because this PPP has a predetermined mechanism and PPP always obeys the party constitution," said Mardiono at the DPP PPP Office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (14/6). According to him, PPP in making a big decision that will later concern the interests of the nation and state must be in accordance with existing mechanisms. This will also be discussed at every PPP DPP office that exists throughout Indonesia. Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) RI, the registration for presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to start from October 19 to November 25, 2023. As stipulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Elections), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of election participant political parties that meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election of DPR members. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have a minimum support of 115 seats in the DPR RI. In addition, candidate pairs can also be supported by a political party or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.