PPP’s Statement Confirmed, PAN Says KIB Disbands Itself

PAN chairman Zulkifli Hasan (left) relies on the chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto (medium) and Plt Ketum PPP Mardiono (right) during the meeting of KIB, Wednesday, November 30. (Between-Rivan A L)

JAKARTA - PAN agrees with PPP's statement that the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB) will automatically disband after Golkar-PAN joins forces with Gerindra-PKB to support Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 presidential election.

However, PAN ensures that communication with PPP is maintained even though there are now different coalitions supporting the presidential candidate (candidate).

"Yes, the big one went to Pak Prabowo. One went to Pak Ganjar, the other two went to Pak Prabowo. So in terms of communication, we still communicate with PPP normally, but in terms of coalitions it's different," said Deputy Chairman (Waketum) PAN Yandri Susanto at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, August 14.

"And if you want to say that KIB is disbanding, then it will automatically disband," he continued.

Previously, Chairman of the PPP DPP Advisory Council M Romahurmuziy or Romy emphasized that the KIB, which had been declared by the Golkar Party, PAN and PPP since 2022, would automatically disband.

This is because Golkar-PAN decided to support the presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. The declaration of support was held at the Proclamation Manuscript Museum in Jakarta, yesterday.

"From the start, I said that KIB will automatically disband when all of its member parties have expressed different official support for a particular presidential election," said Romy, Sunday, August 13.

According to him, the attitudes and political choices of Golkar and PAN have indirectly caused KIB to officially disband.

"With the official support from PAN and the Golkar Party to Prabowo today, automatically today is the 'inauguration' of the dissolution of KIB, aka goodbye KIB," he said.

Meanwhile, PPP has already declared its support for the presidential candidate for Ganjar Pranowo in Yogyakarta in April 2022. PPP has followed in the footsteps of the PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) and Hanura regarding the name of the presidential candidate they are carrying.