This Is Bahlil's Answer Asked By Prabowo Following In The Footsteps Of Mahfud Resigning From The Cabinet

Head of the Prabowo-Gibran Strategic Working Team (TKS), Bahlil Lahadalia at the Jakarta Presidential Palace on Friday 2 February. (Between)

JAKARTA - The head of the Prabowo-Gibran Strategic Working Team (TKS), Bahlil Lahadalia, was reluctant to respond to the possibility of presidential candidate number 2, Prabowo Subianto following in the footsteps of Mahfud MD resigning from the position of Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.

According to Bahlil, Prabowo, who also serves as Minister of Defense (Menhan), has political things about his own choices.

"I say it's their respective political rights. I can't answer anything that goes beyond my limits," Bahlil said when met at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Friday, February 2.

Furthermore, as a member of the Prabowo-Gibran success team, Bahlil is optimistic that the 2024 presidential election will take place one round.

According to him, by completing one round, the state can save the budget of up to almost IDR 30 trillion.

In addition, in his capacity as Minister of Investment, Bahlil assessed that the one-round election would have a positive effect on ending the wait and see phenomenon in the economic sector, during this political year.

"If I think, whoever (the candidate pair) is elected, the sooner the better. If it can be one round, the better. All candidate pairs are also optimistic about one round," he said.

Three presidential candidates, namely number 1 Anies Baswedan, number 2 Prabowo Subianto, and serial number 3 Ganjar Pranowo will return to undergo the Last Presidential Candidate Debate or 2024 Presidential Election Debate on February 4.

The three of them will talk to each other about education, health, employment, culture, information technology, as well as social welfare and inclusiveness in the debate that will be held at the Senayan Jakarta JCC.