Cak Imin Says PKB Has Other Cawagub Regarding The Jakarta Pilkada, PKS: Everyone Meets In The Keyword 'Pak Anies'

Deputy Chairperson Of The PKS Syuro Council Hidayat Nur Wahid (HNW)/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the PKS Syuro Council, Hidayat Nur Wahid (HNW), responded to the statement by the Chairman of the PKB, Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) who said his party had another version for the Jakarta Pilkada in addition to the cagub and cawagub pair, Anies Baswedan-Sohibul Iman.

HNW believes that PKB and PKS will meet at the same point to form a coalition in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. Because according to him, the keyword is to support Anies together.

"He said PKB and PKS have other versions, this is part of the dynamics that continue to run, but I believe that there will be mutual and constructive communication between PKS leaders led by PKB, and I am sure everyone meets in Mr. Anies' keywords, right," said HNW, Tuesday, July 2.

HNW assessed that all political parties, including PKB, certainly wanted the candidate he promoted to win. According to him, PKB agreed to the deputy governor of PKS as long as Anies was not made a cadre.

"Of course everyone also wants to win like that, right, and surely PKB doesn't want a coalition that doesn't win, and let alone win, it's a safe presence, right. Then one of the arguments from PKB friends is to agree with Mr. Sohibul Iman as long as Mr. Anies is not a PKS cadre, now PKB can take it," said HNW.

"So for us, this is a dynamic that is still running, but PKS has decided and the decision is one thing that has been communicated very well with other party leaders, and of course it will then allow us to sail to continue the nomination of Anies-Sohibul Iman," he concluded.

Previously, Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin said his party had no intention of pairing Anies Baswedan and Sohibul Iman as candidates for governor and deputy governor in the 2024 Jakarta Regional Head Election.

If the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has announced that it will carry Anies and pair him with Sohibul Iman, according to Muhaimin, it is only a version of the party. Meanwhile, PKB has its own version regarding the figure of Anies' partner.

"That's the PKS version, right, we have the version too," said Cak Imin.