Golkar Hopes Gibran Will Join Soon

Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto (left) accompanied by Secretary General Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus (right) handed over the decision letter of the 2nd Rapimnas of the Golkar Party to the Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka/antara

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Golkar Party DPP, Ace Hasan Syadzily, hopes that the Mayor of Solo as well as the vice presidential candidate for the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM), Gibran Rakabuming Raka, will be open to joining the Golkar Party.

This hope was conveyed by Ace in response to an issue that said Gibran would join the party chaired by Airlangga Hartarto, after leaving the PDI-P.

"Yes, hopefully he (Gibran, ed) will be moved to enter Golkar," said Ace, Wednesday, November 1.

Nevertheless, the chairman of the West Java Golkar DPD emphasized that his party was not focusing on inviting Gibran to become a banyan cadre. However, how to win the Prabowo-Gibran pair in the 2024 presidential election.

"Now our focus is how to win Prabowo-Gibran first," said Ace.

Previously, the chairman of the PDI-P DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat invited Gibran if he wanted to join other parties, including Golkar.

"If it's us, go ahead, that's an option, that's the right of each person," said Djarot at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 31.

Regarding Gibran's status as a PDIP cadre, Djarot emphasized that President Joko Widodo's eldest son had de facto leaving PDIP.

Next, just waiting for Gibran to return the membership card to the Chairman of the Solo City PDIP DPC FX Hadi Rudyatmo.

"If the status in question is please Mr. Rudy, but what is clear is that in fact he has permission and has left the PDIP," said Djarot.

"It depends now on Mas Gibran's good intentions to hand over KTA back to Mas Rudy," he continued.