After The Constitutional Court's Decision, PDIP Is Open If There Is A KIM Plus Political Party Meeting In The Jakarta Regional Head Election

Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Deddy Yevri Sitorus (center)/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Deddy Yevri Sitorus still welcomes political parties who previously joined KIM Plus to strengthen and form a new axis with his party in the Jakarta Pilkada.

Bearing in mind, today the Constitutional Court (MK) issued a decision that changed the threshold for nominating regional heads in the regional elections. The Constitutional Court allows parties to have no seats in the DPRD to participate in carrying out regional head candidates.

The Constitutional Court also reduced the nomination threshold, which previously had 20 percent seats and 25 percent of the previous legislative elections.

"It's very open. Why not? For mutual cooperation for the people of Jakarta, as long as it's not with demons, as long as it's with political parties, we will," said Deddy at the PDIP DPP office, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, August 20.

Deddy admitted that the more political parties (political parties) that work together, the better. However, according to him, PDIP can also carry out its political work even though it is different in the camp alone.

"If nothing is related to together with us, we are also ready alone. We will form a coalition with the people because the people of Jakarta want this democracy to be maintained and given a menu to choose more than one option," explained Deddy.

"It's just the political oligarchs who want (a pair of candidates for regional heads) to have only one, the box is empty. But with the Constitutional Court's decision, hopefully there will be other partners who are supported apart from the authorities," he added.

If you look at the mapping of candidacy in the Jakarta Pilkada, there are already 12 political parties that will carry the Ridwan Kamil-Suswono pair. Only the PDI Perjuangan (PDIP), political parties, obtained around 14 percent of the votes in the DKI Jakarta DPRD legislative election.

So, with this putsan, PDIP can still carry Jakarta cagubs without having to look for coalition political parties. Likewise with Anies Baswedan, who is still likely to be promoted by political parties to become the Jakarta cagub.