DPW PKS DKI Wants To Carry Anies In The Jakarta Pilkada, DPP Agree?

Anies Baswedan at the PKS event in Bogor (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta PKS Regional Leadership Council (DPW) expressed its desire to carry Anies Baswedan as a candidate for governor of DKI Jakarta in the 2024 Pilkada. This was revealed from the aspirations of party cadres.

*We adopted the wishes of the cadres who wanted Mr. Anies to be re-nominated by PKS. So, we accommodate the aspirations of the cadres," said DKI Jakarta PKS DPW Secretary Abdul Aziz to reporters, Friday, May 24.

However, before the investigation of the former Governor of DKI Jakarta was realized, the DKI PKS DPW was still waiting for the approval of the PKS Central Executive Board (DPP) on the proposal.

"This is only internal. We were asked to make a kind of resummation. We gave this to the DPP that many of the cadres below also asked Anies to be nominated from PKS," said Aziz.

Furthermore, the DPP will summon Anies for an interview to ask for his willingness to run again in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Then, the DPP will decide whether to carry Anies or still have internal party cadres based on the winning opportunities that can be achieved. Bearing in mind, previously PKS had arrested three of its cadres who had the potential to be carried in the DKI gubernatorial election.

"This is politics, yes, politics is dynamic. It depends on the wishes of the community. We also see the possibility of winning. Why are we nominating a partner who won't win. What for? We will definitely carry a partner who has the potential to win in Jakarta," he explained.

On the one hand, PKS has also begun to establish communication with a number of other political parties to form a coalition in the investigation of DKI cagub-cawagub.

Even though PKS won the 2024 DKI Jakarta DPRD Legislative Election, Aziz admitted that the number of seats his party won in the Kebon Sirih parliament could not carry it alone.

"We also have to consider who our coalition friends carry. There will definitely be a tug of war, yes, political cooperation. Communication with PDIP, Gerindra, NasDem, Golkar is done. But this is not going on once. This meeting must be repeated for the name of perception and so on," he added.

Previously, the PKS DPP revealed that it would carry internal cadres in the 2024 DKI Pilgub. Thus, Anies' chances of returning to PKS such as the 2017 DKI Pilkada were getting smaller.

The three cadres projected to be promoted by PKS are PKS President Sohibul Iman, PKS DPP chairman Mardani Ali Sera, and DKI Jakarta PKS DPW Chairman Khoirudin.