Megawati's Straightforward Message To Prabowo: Will Fight Again In 2024

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JAKARTA - The market for presidential candidates in 2024 is heating up amid the names of figures who are arguably dominated by 'old faces'. Can we look back?

Prabowo Subianto, who is predicted by the Gerindra Party, will run again in 2024 after playing 3 presidential election political battles.

In the past, the chairman of the PDIP, Megawati Soekarnoputri, had 'tempted' Prabowo at the party's celebration with the white-nosed bull symbol.

Understandably, at that time, when the PDIP event was held at 'home', Sanur, Bali, Megawati seemed to tease Prabowo who was present in the midst of the 'bulls', Megawati loyalists at the 2019 PDI-P Congress V party event.

At that time, Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin were in the position of elected presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the 2019 presidential election contestation.

"So Mr. Prabowo when he met me, the media was excited. Even though I just asked this, 'Sir do you want to be invited to the PDI-P Congress. If you don't want to, that's okay," Megawati said at the time.

"Well, it turns out he wants to," said Mega to the applause of the PDIP Congress participants.

"Yes, you know, you're tired, right, if you're told to keep fighting," said Mega, looking at the notes she brought to the opening stage of the PDI-P Congress.

"Come on, we'll fight again in 2024," said Megawati in response to the boisterous response of the PDIP Congress participants.

"Ready," shouted Megawati to a thunderous roar.

The latest from Gerindra, the supporter of Prabowo in 2024

For the umpteenth time, Gerindra Secretary-General Ahmad Muzani echoed Prabowo Subianto's 2024 presidential candidacy plan. If he really ran, this would be the third time for Prabowo to compete as a presidential candidate after running 2 times and losing in the previous presidential election against Joko Widodo.

"I say, in 2024, Mr. Prabowo, God willing, will advance in the presidential election. His progress is because of the massive demand from us all, the people's expectations are high, development must continue, our ideals as a party have not been realized," said Muzani.

Muzani said that in the 2019 presidential election, Prabowo as a presidential candidate managed to win in South Sulawesi with a percentage of 57 percent.

For this reason, he asked all administrators of the DPD, DPC, PAC to branches in South Sulawesi to close ranks so that the target of winning the presidential election with the target of 65 percent of the vote could be achieved.

"Our determination to win Mr. Prabowo in 2024 must be greater, I respectfully request that no members of the South Sulawesi DPRD cause us to lose," he said.

But the determination made by Gerindra can be compared with the results of a political survey. A number of sigi results show that Prabowo Subianto is still the champion.

However, new figures who are emerging from a national perspective—at least in terms of electability—are ready to jump one more time in front of taking public support positions than Prabowo.

This condition is reflected in the latest survey from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) which noted that public support for the General Chairperson of Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto to become president has decreased. Meanwhile, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan experienced increased public support.