Cak Imin On KIM Plus: Pilkada All Parties Are The Same, There Is No KIM, No Jong Un

PSI Chairman Kaesang Pangarep and PSI elite visited the PKB DPP meeting with PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin, Tuesday 6 August. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar admitted that he did not know the concept of the plan to form an Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) Plus party for the 2024 Pilkada.

According to Cak Imin, KIM is a coalition formed during the 2024 presidential election to carry Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Meanwhile, the current presidential election is over.

So, Cak Imin did not answer whether PKB would join the KIM Plus ranks in the nomination of candidates for governors of Jakarta, Central Java and West Java.

"Until today I don't understand what KIM Plus is. If it's been a regional election, it's all the same, there's no KIM, no Jong un, no Jong ul, no rope, nothing," said Cak Imin at the PKB DPP Office, Tuesday, August 6th.

In essence, Cak Imin sees that currently no party has officially formed a coalition in the 2024 Pilkada, especially in strategic areas. Currently, it is still under the development of coalition exploration.

"Anyway, for us, the regional elections are all the same. Some are suitable for development, that's what we are together with. Well, of course I don't handle the details, how will the pilkada desk process it," explained Cak Imin.

The discourse of KIM Plus was first raised by Sufmi Dasco Ahmad who stated that different parties supported in the 2024 presidential election, would join KIM in regional elections, especially in Jakarta, West Java and Central Java. According to Dasco, if KIM Plus is realized in Jakarta, then the Jakarta Governor Election has the potential to only be followed by two cagub-cawagub pairs.

Nasdem, PKS, and PKB also have the opportunity to join KIM Plus. Nasdem still seems doubtful in supporting Anies Baswedan and has yet to provide an official recommendation letter to Anies to run for the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Meanwhile, PKB support for Anies is still at the DPW level of Jakarta Province. The PKB DPP has not yet provided an official recommendation to Anies and has even recently considered joining KIM Plus.

PKS has officially supported Anies Baswedan, but was immediately duetted with PKS cadre Sohibul Iman. However, the Jakarta gubernatorial election could be one of the PKS bargainings that had asked to join the upcoming Prabowo-Gibran government.

This means that PKS can join the Prabowo-Gibran government on condition that it supports the cagub-cawagub pair promoted by KIM in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.