Yusril Ihza Mahendra Issues Instructions To UN Cadres To Immediately Form A Prabowo Winning Volunteer Team

The presidential candidate from the Gerindra party Prabowo Subianto (right) received a party decision letter from the UN Chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra (left second)/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Crescent Star Party (PBB) Yusril Ihza Mahendra instructed to immediately form a team of volunteers to win Prabowo Subianto. "I have instructed all regional leadership councils (DPW) throughout Indonesia to immediately form a Prabowo volunteer team and consolidate with the parties that carry Prabowo,” he said in a written statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Sunday, August 13. He stated that the reason for supporting Prabowo was because of the figure of a figure who has integrity, experience, knowledge, and stability in solving and facing the problems faced by the nation and state. Yusril, who once worked for three presidents, namely Suharto, BJ Habibi, and SBY, admitted that becoming president was not easy. At that time it was in charge of analyzing, submitting opinions to the president, and even blessing presidential documents. In addition, he continued, it is not simple to become a president. At least have a long experience and have knowledge. If you only have knowledge but have no experience, it may be rather difficult, because the term of office of the president is only five years. "If you have experience but you don't have knowledge, what the president needs is someone who acts as a manager. He gathers people who have the ability and will choose who helps him," he explained. He thinks Prabowo has an advantage and has the ability. With one condition, must be able to place intelligent, capable people, capable of being his assistants. "I believe he is able to lead the Indonesian nation and state," he said. Yusril emphasized that the United Nations was the first political party to carry Prabowo Subianto, after Gerindra and PKB formed a coalition to revive Indonesia Raya. This affirmation was conveyed by Yusril during the consolidation of the UN victory throughout the Aceh Province as well as the declaration of Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate in 2024. Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia, the registration of prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to start from October 19 to November 25, 2023. As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of valid votes nationally in the previous election for members of the DPR.

Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that the candidate pairs are promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.