His Name Is Included In The PDIP DKI Proposal To Be Cagub, Anies: We'll See The Process In The Future

Anies Baswedan at the PKB DPW Office (Doc Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan responded that his name was included in one of the proposals of the PDIP Perjuangan Regional Leadership Council (DPD) (PDIP) as a candidate for Governor of DKI Jakarta. Anies admitted that the DKI Jakarta PDIP DPD had conveyed directly about his name being included in the list of 10 names proposed to the Party Leadership Council (DPP). "Yes, the DPW (DPD PDIP DKI Jakarta) has conveyed to me and I thank you, appreciate, and we will see the process going forward," said Anies when met at the DKI Jakarta PKB DPW Office, Thursday, June 13. Anies admitted that a number of provincial-level party officials apart from PDIP and PKB had visited him to discuss opportunities for eviction, including PKS and the NasDem Party. However, only PKB DKI Jakarta has officially announced its support for Anies. The former governor of DKI Jakarta hopes that other parties will immediately carry it so that the coalition can form before the nomination period to the KPU. "Hopefully a coalition can be formed soon from other parties, so that we can walk to August better," Anies explained. The PDI-P Regional Leadership Council (DPD) has proposed a number of names to be nominated in the 2024 DKI Jakarta Governor and Deputy Governor Election (Pilgub). One of the names proposed by PDIP DKI to the PDIP Central Executive Board (DPP) is former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan. "All the names that have been netted (to be carried in the DKI gubernatorial election), including Anies," said Secretary of the DPD PDIP DKI Jakarta Deserves Nainggolan, Tuesday, June 11. A total of 10 names of DKI gubernatorial candidates were arrested to be handed over to PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri. However, Pantas did not reveal in detail who the names proposed other than Anies were. Some of the so-called PDIP cadres, ranging from former TNI Commander Andika Perkasa, former DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok).

Then, the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, and members of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Rasyidi. Not only that, PDIP also proposed names outside the cadres in the cadre of the DKI gubernatorial election, namely the chairman of the DKI Jakarta Hanura Party DPD, Djafar Badjeber.