Megawati-Prabowo Discourse In The 2024 Presidential Election: Not Empty Messages

Megawati Soekarnoputri, and Prabowo Subianto/ Antara

JAKARTA - The Executive Director of Indonesian Political Parameters, Adi Prayitno, assessed that the discourse to reunite the Chairperson of the Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto with the Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri in the 2024 Presidential Election is still realistic.

The reason is that politically Megawati and Prabowo have very large capital, and they are even predicted to win. Moreover, both of them are the General Chairs of the top parties.

PDIP is in first position with 128 seats in the DPR, with a percentage of 22.26 percent. The bull party is the only party that exceeds the presidential threshold, aka the preshold of 20 percent.

"It's not an empty message, it's realistic. The indications are that the preshold is 20 percent, popular figures don't have parties, and most of the parties in the last 10 years have become followers," Adi said in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 9.

Meanwhile, the Gerindra Party is in second place with 78 seats in Senayan. The political observer from the Syarief Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta assessed that this duet would be enough to create a shocking effect in the 2024 election if it really happened.

“If PDIP-Gerindra unite, it is very likely that PAN and PKB will close. If Megawati wishes, this could be something," he said.

The 2024 election, said Adi, is like an open war where all participants can emerge as winners, because there are no incumbents. However, this war is still pitch black because a number of popular names seem to be locked in the nomination threshold requirements or preshold.

"If the political parties do not provide tickets, these figures will only be spectators at the democratic party," he said.

Previously, PDI-P politician Tjahjo Kumolo responded to the question of the possible pairing of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 Presidential Election.

Not wanting to make assumptions, he asked the public to wait for the right information regarding the candidate to be carried by the party bearing the bull symbol.

"You can't make assumptions. Just wait for the game date," said Tjahjo at the DPR Complex, Tuesday, June 8.