Diligently Meeting The Head Of Political Parties, Airlangga Hartarto Is Assessed To Strengthen His Footing In 2024

DOK ANTARA / Golkar Chairperson Airlangga Hartarto

JAKARTA - General Chairman of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, began to regularly meet with political party leaders. After Surya Paloh and Prabowo Subianto, Airlangga also met PPP chairman Suharso Monoarfa at the Golkar DPP office.

Political observer from Al-Azhar University Indonesia, Ujang Komarudin, assessed that Airlangga's political friendship was effective to build a coalition ahead of the 2024 General Election.

Moreover, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy has been mandated by the Golkar National Conference as a presidential candidate in 2024. For this reason, the exploratory steps are said to be quite good.

"Because the main basis was, the support of party structures and cadres. Airlangga here and there, it is good to establish cooperation in the presidential election, "said Ujang, Wednesday, March 30.

With early exploration, according to Ujang, common perceptions can be matured to strengthen the coalition ahead of the election.

"Because if it is just before the election, there is no time," he said.

Especially when referring to the 20 percent presidential threshold (PT) rule, then at least a coalition is built with a minimum of 115 seats in the DPR to carry the presidential and vice presidential candidates. Meanwhile, Golkar and PPP have 104 seats.

Airlangga continued, Ujang, indeed, had to aggressively carry out political safaris so that his steps towards becoming a presidential candidate would be more open.

"That's why if we see Airlangga meeting not only with the general chairman of the PPP. Almost all of them have met with Surya Paloh and Prabowo, "he explained.

Previously, PPP Chairman Suharso Monoarfa met with Golkar Chairman Airlangga Hartarto at the Golkar DPP office, Slipi, West Jakarta, Tuesday, March 30 evening.

Airlangga said that the Golkar and PPP parties had the same color and name. In terms of color, he said, the Golkar logo is yellow with a green leafy banyan tree. Meanwhile, the PPP logo is green with an image of the Kaaba and a yellow screen.

"In terms of name, the Golkar Party is Golongan Karya. Kekaryaan means development. Meanwhile, the United Development Party, we can call it the United Kekaryaan Party," said Airlangga.