Democrats Affirm That Prabowo's Declaration Of Presidential Candidates Is A Rational Choice

Chairman of the Democrats Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono together with the presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto/DOK Instagram @agusyudhoyono

Chairman of the Honorary Council of the Democratic Party, Hinca Panjaitan, emphasized that his party's decision to declare Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate (candidate) and join the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) was a rational choice.

This was emphasized by Hinca in response to the assumption that the Democratic Party did not have much consideration regarding the direction of the presidential election after the revocation of support for Anies Baswedan.

"The choice of the Democrats is a rational choice. This is a rational consideration plus consideration, a very strong friendship. It was shown last night, I think the declaration of presidential candidate support is very thick with friendship," said Hinca at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday, September 22.

In fact, he said, the Chairman of the Democratic Party High Council who is also the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was also present in Prabowo's declaration as a presidential candidate to be promoted by his party in 2024. SBY, according to him, is consistent with his commitment to go down the mountain to win Prabowo Subianto.

"Makna kata turun gunungnya tadi malam sudah kami pembuktikan. Orang banyak yang 'lah turun gunung apa', turun gunung itu kan artinya all out sehingga muncullah sampai dia menyebut sebuah lagu kamu tidak seorang itu," kata Hinca.

It is known, SBY specifically sang a song for Prabowo entitled 'You're Not Alone' belonging to the band Type-X. The song was presented as well as a prayer for Prabowo that the general chairman of Gerindra would not walk alone in the 2024 presidential election battle.

That is, said Hinca, all energy and power of the Democratic Party will be issued to support Prabowo.

"The cool language you don't walk alone. And he (SBY) sings it, we all sing well from Gerindra, Democrats, Golkar, the Advanced Indonesia Coalition are all enjoying it," explained Hinca.

"So yesterday, apart from showing a rational choice, we also described a democracy that is cheerful, a democracy that is not yellowish, does not grumble. So that's what happened and hopefully, until the 2024 presidential election everyone will be cheerful, don't look at the past. look ahead, "added the member of Commission III of the DPR.