Not Worried That NU's Voice Will Be Separated In The 2024 Presidential Election, Cak Imin: The Most Important PKB 1st Place In East Java

Will vice presidential candidate assistant Anies Baswedan (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta (23/10/2023). BETWEEN/Through Susthira K

JAKARTA - Will the vice presidential candidate for the Change Coalition as well as the chairman of the PKB, Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin emphasized that his party will try to become 1st place in East Java (East Java) in the 2024 presidential election.

"The important thing is that PKB maintains the 1st place winner in East Java with a linear election result with the results of the presidential election," said Cak Imin at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, October 23, which was confiscated by Antara.

He admitted that he did not prepare a special strategy to defeat other contestants in fighting for votes in East Java in the 2024 presidential election.

"Yes, no, the point is, the important thing is that PKB won in East Java. 1st place in East Java, 2nd place in Central Java. It's enough to change the Central Java champions to almost 1st place, to keep winning in East Java," he said.

Even though there is a special strategy, he continued, it is impossible for this to be disclosed to the public, because it will be known by other contestants who may also have a strong mass base in East Java.

"Yes, if there is a tactic, it can't be explained. Later, if Mr. Mahfud (Mahfud MD) explains it later," he said.

Cak Imin also admitted that he was not worried that the vote on the Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) mass base would later be divided into other 2024 presidential election contestants while fighting for votes in East Java.

"It's not important that the 1st place is finished. What business is not important," he said.

He is also optimistic that the PKB grassroots in East Java will contribute votes for Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (AMIN) victory in the 2024 presidential election.

"Look at the objective surveys in East Java that I see we are still champions," he said.

Cak Imin also admitted that he was optimistic that he would win in one round, although referring to the number of contestants for the 2024 presidential election, which is likely to number three pairs of candidates for presidential and vice-presidential candidates, it is estimated that the presidential election will take place in two rounds.

"If you are optimistic about one round, but the empirical (if) the three candidates are usually two rounds, empirical everywhere, yes, three candidates; two empirical rounds, but we don't know what happened, this voter fluctuating is fluctuating," he said.