Gibran Waits For PDIP's Order Regarding The Movement Of Volunteers For The 2024 Election

PDIP cadre and Surakarta Mayor (Walkot) Gibran Rakabuming Raka. (Between)

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka is waiting for the PDI-P (PDIP) order regarding directions for volunteers ahead of the 2024 General Election. "There is no (party order) yet. I'm just waiting for directions," he said in Solo, Tuesday, August 22. He said all orders from the party that oversees him, namely PDIP have been carried out. "I hope, I'm gaspol when there is direction," he said.

Asked about the activities of the presidential candidate carried by PDIP Ganjar Pranowo with PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri in Yogyakarta, he admitted that he did not know. "I don't know, there is no invitation," he said.

Meanwhile, related to the 2024 presidential election, a 15-second video was circulated uploaded by the owner of the @jimboengbakoelsoto Instagram account. In the video, Gibran invites all residents to come to the polling station (TPS) on February 14, 2023. "Good afternoon, I Gibran Rakabuming invites all residents to flock to the TPS on February 14 to vote on PDIP and Pak Ganjar. Thank you," he said.

He said it was an old video. "It's been a long time, after yesterday's party school. That's just an invitation, all those who take part in party schools make videos, but only yesterday was released," he said. Registering for presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled for October 19, 2023 to November 25, 2023.

Based on Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning 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 seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes 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.