PKB's Choice Of Vice Presidential Candidate Is Different: There's A Poster With Anies Baswedan, But Cak Imin Lyrics To Sri Mulyani

JAKARTA - The National Awakening Party (PKB) still wants General Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin to run as a presidential candidate, although previously he was not adamant about having formed a coalition with other political parties. the opportunity to run in the 2024 presidential election, including the statement by the president who is increasingly determined to run for president. Recently, the PKB signaled the figures of presidential and vice presidential candidates that would be carried by the Red Ant Coalition with PKS. This signal can be seen from the upload of the Deputy Chairperson of the PKB, Jazilul Fawaid, on his Instagram account @jazilulfawaid_real, Sunday, June 12. Jazilul appeared to be displaying posters with pictures of General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan as presidential and vice presidential candidates complete with PKB and PKS logos in the corners. "United for the people. Candidates for president and vice president in 2024. Coalition of Red Ants," reads the text embedded in the center of the poster.

Jazilul Fawaid said the upload was a sign that the Red Ant Coalition was exploring the pairing of the two in the upcoming elections. He hopes that the two will be able to duet in the 2024 presidential election.

"Signs, good luck," said Jazilul, Sunday, June 12.

The deputy chairman of the MPR also claimed that the Cak Imin-Anies Baswedan pair was the direction of a kiai. It is believed that the duet of the two will bring victory. However, it was not stated who the kiai gave the message. Jazilul just called it 'the sky of the PKB'.

"I received a message from one of the PKB kiai. The picture is the message, Gus Muhaimin-Anies Baswedan, God willing, we will win," said Jazilul.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the PKB, Muhaimin Iskandar, who firmly wants to run as a presidential candidate, has already determined the name he is ogling as a vice presidential candidate. That figure is the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

"God willing, later we will advance in the 2024 election, we will get a good partner, the right partner. One of the things I look up to to be my running mate is Mrs. Sri Mulyani, the minister of finance," said Cak Imin in his statement to reporters after attending the Muhaimin National Concert with Kotak at Ahmad Yani Square, Tangerang City Square, Banten, Sunday, June 12. Cak Imin assessed that Sri Mulyani was suitable to accompany him because he had extraordinary experience in the economic field.

"The temporary vice presidential candidate who is on Mrs. Sri Mulyani's radar is because she has experience and is powerful about the economy. Our economy is still difficult. The crisis will become a recession, a recession must be anticipated. We need a strong vice president who understands the economy," he said. Even so, Cak Imin admitted that he had not communicated directly with Sri Mulyani regarding her intention to collaborate with the former World Bank Managing Director.

"Not yet. In the near future, we will market it first to the parties, to the public, then we will talk (with Sri Mulyani-ed)," he said.