Winning The Quick Count For The Presidential Election, Gibran Claims To Get Congratulations From PDIP Politicians

Gibran Rakabuming Raka gave a statement to reporters in Solo, Central Java, Friday (16/2/2024). ANTARA/Aris Wasita

JAKARTA - Candidate for vice president (cawapres) number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka admitted that he had received congratulations from a number of PDI-P politicians (PDIP).

The congratulations were related to the candidate pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates number 2 Prabowo-Gibran who won the quick count of the 2024 presidential election a number of survey institutions. However, Gibran was reluctant to mention the name of the PDIP cadre.

"Friends from the PDIP (PDI-P) have also congratulated him. There's no need to mention who," said Gibran in Solo, Central Java, Friday, February 16, which was confiscated by Antara.

The Surakarta Mayor (Walkot) also said that he did not rule out the possibility of communicating with candidate pair number 1, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and serial number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

"Yes, later, if he has given me the opportunity to be (silaturahmi)," he said.

He hopes that soon the plan can be realized.

"Yes, for communication, it hasn't been done yet, but I really hope that in the near future I can chat casually for breakfast or coffee," he said.