PKB Still Loyal To KIM Plus, Affirms Not Transferring Support To Anies Baswedan

Deputy Secretary of the Shura Council of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Maman Imanul Haq. (ANTARA/Fauzi Lamboka)

JAKARTA - Secretary of the Syuro Council of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Maman Imanulhaq emphasized that his party has so far not transferred support to Anies Baswedan in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. "At PKB there has been no decision until today to divert support, we initially (provided support) to Anies Baswedan, then because there was a change in the weather, we finally supported a couple supported by KIM Plus and to this day has not changed," said Maman at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, August 29. Until now, PKB is still with the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) Plus. For this reason, he straightened out the issue that said that the PKB had reversed its direction in supporting Anies Baswedan was a hoax or hoax. "Until now, PKB is still joining KIM Plus and there has been no change at all. So if there is a statement that there are even some memes stating that we are anchored back to a couple other than KIM Plus, it is certain that it is a hoax," he said. He also dismissed speculation that developed PKB reversed its direction in supporting Anies because the PKB flag was not visible when the Ridwan Kamil-Suswono pair promoted by KIM Plus in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada registered with the Jakarta Provincial KPU, Wednesday (28/8). "It's simple that we just finished the congress, everything is busy and so on, so maybe our friends didn't have time to put up the flag or maybe it's just at that location that doesn't exist, in other locations there are," he said. On the other hand, he did not deny that Anies Baswedan's supporters had the persistence to advance the former governor of Jakarta in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada, including by bringing up various memes on social media. "The progress with which parties and so on is tried with various kinds of memes that appear. Of course it is not formal and valid information, if we want formal and valid information, please ask the party itself (in fact it supports Anies not)," he said. Anies' last chance to be able to run for the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada through the PDI-P ran aground because the party bearing the white-nosed bull actually registered the Pramono Anung-Rano Karno pair with the DKI Jakarta KPU on Wednesday (28/8). Previously, PKS, PKB, and the NasDem Party left Anies Baswedan, then together with nine other political parties (political parties) who are members of KIM Plus brought Ridwan Kamil-Suswono in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

However, Wednesday (28/8), the Labor Party opened the opportunity to form a new coalition to carry Anies Baswedan as a candidate for governor in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.