Regarding Healthy Opposition, PAN: For The Paslon Who Loses, It's Up To You To Join Or Outside The Government

Deputy Chairperson of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Viva Yoga Mauladi. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Viva Yoga Mauladi responded to the issue of healthy opposition if Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka led the government. The healthy opposition consists of parties that lose the presidential election but still choose to be outside the government. Viva said, her party would wait for the official results of the KPU. If Prabowo-Gibran was given a mandate by the people, he said, then it would make the government in accordance with the vision of the mission that had been submitted to the KPU. "The issue of the coalition, depending on the democratic mechanism. Mr. Prabowo's desire is unity, maintaining the spirit of togetherness. There is no term of reconciliation, only winning elections, losing elections," said Viva when contacted by VOI, Saturday, February 17. "For the losing parties, the candidate is losing, yes it is up to them whether they want to join in any government outside," he continued. Even so, according to Viva, the coalition or opposition is a very logical and reasonable discussion. However, his party still urges to wait for the development of real count vote counting. "After the official results of the new KPU pleno we will talk about the details," said the spokesman for the TKN Prabowo Gibran. On the other hand, the candidate PAN argument for East Java X explained, that in the constitutional concept there is no concept of opposition, what is there is a government party and party outside the government. "In his sociological language, parties outside the government are often referred to as opposition parties. Whereas actually the DPR as a legislative institution have opposition functions because one of its constitutional functions is conducting surveillance," explained Viva. Previously, the Chairman of the DPP of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) as well as the Deputy for Winning of the National Team Amin, Mardani Ali Sera, alluded to the issue of the healthy opposition in the middle of the Paslon number 2 victory, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka based on the results of quick count or quick count. Where both of wanting to embrace all parties a alias reconciliation including the faction that lost in the 2024 presidential election.

"I see that reconciliation does not mean that 01 joins 02, or 03 joins 02," said Mardani, quoted on Saturday, February 17.

According to him, reconciliation can mean that all parties recognize the victory of the candidate pair (Paslon) which was officially announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU). For example, if Prabowo-Gibran wins based on the KPU's real count, then Paslon number 1 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Paslon 03 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD consistently will be outside the government or opposition. Mardani assessed that the composition would create a balance and build a healthy opposition. "Building a healthy opposition, it is also part of reconciliation," said the member of Commission II of the DPR RI. The PKS legislator for the DKI Jakarta electoral district then told about the experience in the 2019 elections. Where PKS supported Prabowo Subianto. However, when Prabowo lost and decided to join President Joko Widodo's government, he said, PKS remained istiqomah on the opposition track.

"So reconciliation does not mean that 01 joins 02, because the proposal is different," explained Mardani.