AHY Calls KIM's Difference In Attitudes In The Banten Pilkada A Political Growth

Ketum Demokrat AHY (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPP Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) called the political party's stance different members of the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) in the Banten Province regional elections a form of maturity in politics.

He believes KIM's member parties, despite supporting different candidate pairs, still respect each other's choices.

"It doesn't mean KIM is not compact, it doesn't mean KIM is not solid, because we have a vision, a mission that is much bigger than the Pilkada one with other regional elections. We see Indonesia, this nation, focusing on efforts to form a future government that is also effective, solid, which can also answer various challenges of the nation in the future," AHY said, quoting Antara.

He reiterated that the different attitudes of KIM parties in several provinces are common dynamics because the constellation of regional head elections is different from the presidential election.

"That is only part of maturity and the democratic and political process in Indonesia, but once again, this is something that God willing, we can all accept and respect each other," said the Chairman of the DPP Democratic Party.

In Banten, the Democratic Party joined the Gerindra Party, PAN, PKS, NasDem, PKB, PPP, and PSI to support the Andra Soni and Raden Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah pairs.

Andra, who is a Gerindra Party cadre, and Dimyati Natakusumah, a PKS cadre, are likely to face a strong candidate from the Golkar Party Airin Rachmi Diany.

So far, the Golkar Party has not issued a decree to carry Airin, although an instruction letter to him has been given some time ago.

Secretary General of the Golkar Party DPP Lodewijk F. Paulus during a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (18/7) estimates that in the next 1.2 weeks the Golkar Party will announce the Airin pair in public.

The Forward Indonesia Coalition is a combination of political parties that support the Elected President-Vice pair Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka in the 2024 presidential election. KIM consists of the Gerindra Party, Golkar Party, PAN, Democratic Party, Crescent Star Party, Garuda Party, PRIMA, Gelora Party, PSI, and one local party of the Aceh Party.

The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia has determined that regional head elections take place simultaneously in 37 provinces and 508 regencies/cities. The vote for the 2024 regional elections is scheduled to take place on November 27, 2024.