Praise Jokowi Supports All Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates, Puan: He Is A Statewan

JAKARTA - Chairperson of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Puan Maharani praised the attitude of President Joko Widodo who supported all pairs of presidential candidates (candidates) and vice presidential candidates (cawapres) in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). "What he (Jokowi) said was a statesman. A president did not take sides in the upcoming presidential election contestation, because he wanted the democratic party to run well, smoothly, well, happily, the people were not depressed. I appreciate President Jokowi," said Puan after attending the Santri Day ceremony at the Surabaya Heroes Monument, East Java, Sunday, October 22, was seized by Antara.Regarding Jokowi who signaled to support his son's decision, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, to become Prabowo's vice presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election, Puan said that as a father, she would definitely support the best for her child. "Yes, surely a father will support the best for his son," said the Speaker of the DPR.

At the same event and place, President Jokowi stated that he prayed for and approved the decision of his son Gibran Rakabuming Raka which was recommended by the Golkar Party as a candidate for vice president Prabowo Subianto. "Parents only pray for and approve of all decisions (Gibran). Because they are an adult, don't interfere too much," said Jokowi after being the builder of the Santri Day Ceremony at the Surabaya Heroes Monument.

Berdasarkan jadwal yang telah ditetapkan oleh Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) RI, pendaftaran bakal calon presiden dan wakil presiden dijadwalkan dimulai pada 19 Oktober sampai dengan 25 November 2023.Sebagaimana diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017 tentang Pemilihan Umum (UU Pemilu), pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden diusulkan oleh partai politik atau gabungan partai politik peserta pemilu yang memenuhi persyaratan perolehan kursi paling sedikit 20 persen dari jumlah kursi DPR atau memperoleh 25 persen dari suara sah secara nasional pada pemilu anggota DPR sebelumnya.Saat ini, terdapat 575 kursi di parlemen sehingga pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden pada Pilpres 2024 harus memiliki dukungan minimal 115 kursi di DPR RI. Bisa juga, pasangan calon diusung oleh parpol atau gabungan parpol peserta Pemilu 2019 dengan total perolehan suara sah minimal 34.992.703 suara.

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