Give A Strong Signal, Mardiono Ready To Join The Prabowo-Gibran Government

Acting (Plt) General Chairperson of PPP Muhammad Mardiono (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) General Chairperson of PPP Muhammad Mardiono gave a strong signal to join the upcoming Prabowo-Gibran government.

Mardiono said the reason he wanted to join Probowo-Gibran was to build Indonesia together.

"So to build Indonesia, we must work together," said Mardiono after attending the Eid Al-Fitr 1445 Hijri halal bihalal event at the Golkar Party DPP Office in Slipi Jakarta, Monday, April 15 evening.

Mardiono's presence was also predicted as a signal that the party carrying Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD moved to the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) which carried Prabowo-Gibran.

According to him, before KIM was formed, PPP first built a coalition with Golkar and PAN named the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB). However, Mardiono revealed that until now the coalition had not been officially dissolved.

"I was before I became the Acting General Chair, I am the coordinator of KIB. Then, KIB has not been officially disbanded until now, there is no KIB to dissolve it," he said.

He explained that the communication between general chairmen at KIB is still in good relations. Even though during the 2024 presidential election yesterday, they were not in the same camp.

"Yes, we are still in good communication with Pak Zul (Zulkifli Hasan) the General Chair of PAN and Pak Airlangga Hartarto, the General Chair of Golkar. We are still communicating and discussing national issues, it is still," he said.

Mardiono was seen wearing a black long-sleeved batik shirt with a green pattern. He admitted that his presence after receiving an invitation from the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, to visit the halalbihalal event.

"Yes, I was invited to attend halalbihalal. Yes, if invited, it means that we must attend. Halalbihalal it's time for us to forgive each other," he explained.