Still Needing PKS, NasDem Considers It Reasonable To Be Absent At The Initial Meeting With PKB

Deputy NasDem Ahmad Ali together with the Chairman of PKB who will also be vice presidential candidate Muhaimin Iskandar/DOK PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

Deputy Chairperson of the NasDem Party Ahmad Ali considers it natural to miss PKS in the inaugural meeting of a political party supporting Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) at NasDem Tower, Wednesday, September 6.

Because according to him, internal PKS still has to approve Cak Imin as an Anies vice presidential candidate. Therefore, at a meeting with NasDem and PKB yesterday, PKS was not present.

"Indeed, we still see the absence of PKS as a natural thing. Because they are indeed completing their internal process regarding the determination of the vice president candidate. That must be determined by the shuro assembly session, so he still needs time for the process, so on the grounds that it is not possible for PKS to attend," Ahmad Ali told reporters, Thursday, September 7.

Ali admits that the Change Coalition that carries Anies-Cak Imin still needs PKS support. He assessed that PKS is a party that has a strategic position in winning the presidential election because it has a militant structural basis.

"So if you ask me whether NasDem and PKB still need PKS? This PKS is a friend of NasDem, Anies, and PKB. So it is impossible for us not to place them as very important political parties," said Ali.

"The success of whether or not this coalition is also greatly determined by PKS so that NasDem views that they are partners who complement each other with other parties supporting Anies," he continued.

Therefore, Ali hopes that PKS cadres can be involved in the Anies-Cak Imin winning team. It is known, PKB and NasDem have compiled a nomenclature for the winning team.

"Look, compiling this winning team is not actually a domain of a political party. That's a domain of Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin. We friends are trying to make an inventory of potential cadres in NasDem and PKB, and later it is hoped that PKS will prepare the people to be included in the team," said Ali.