Anies Plans To Create A New Party After Failing To Advance For Pilkada

Anies Baswedan who is absent from being a candidate for the 2024 Pilkada. (Tube-Diah-VOI screenshot)

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan revealed the next step he would take after failing to advance in the 2024 Pilkada because he did not get a nomination ticket. Anies opened the opportunity to establish a new political party.

Anies admitted that this was based on the proposal of a number of parties to him. The former governor of DKI Jakarta will consider whether to form a political party or limited community organization (ormas).

"If to gather all the spirit of change that is now getting bigger and bigger, and it becomes a strength, it is necessary to become a movement, then build a mass organization or build a new party, maybe that's the way we will take. We will see together in the future," Anies said in a video caption, Friday, August 30.

Anies asked all parties to wait for a decision regarding the option of establishing a party whose role is to become a forum for healthier democracy drivers, as well as politics that prioritizes ideas.

"Hopefully we won't be able to realize concrete steps to accommodate the movement, which is now getting bigger day by day," said Anies.

On that occasion, Anies also admitted that he accepted the proposal to join as a cadre of political parties. However, he was hesitant about the current political conditions.

"If you enter the party, the question is which party is not now contested by power? Well, let alone enter, nominating is threatened. It's a bit risky for those who propose it. So this is a reality, here," said Anies.

The dynamics of candidacy in the 2024 Pilkada appear to be up and down, especially before the end of the registration period for the regional head candidate pair.

The opportunity for Anies to advance was carried by the PDI-P (PDIP) in the Jakarta gubernatorial election after being left behind by NasDem, PKB, and PKS, did not bear fruit. PDIP nominated its cadre, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno, who registered with the DKI Jakarta KPU on Wednesday, August 28.

Later, PDIP offered Anies to run for the West Java (Jabar) gubernatorial election, after canceling his upload in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. The West Java PDIP Regional Leadership Council (DPD) revealed that Anies would be paired by Ono Surono.

There were also rumors that Anies had left for Bandung, West Java to register with PDIP. Then, two hours before the registration period closed, Anies, through his spokesman, announced that he would cancel running for the West Java Pilkada. Until the closing of the registration period, Anies turned out to be still in Jakarta.

Anies admitted that he did not take the opportunity to become a candidate for Governor of West Java because previously he did not get the aspirations of the community to lead other than Jakarta.