Democrats Explore Coalition With Golkar For The 2024 Election

Airlangga Hartarto and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono/Antara

JAKARTA - The exploration of a coalition of political parties ahead of the 2024 General Election has begun. Previously, the Chairperson of the Gerindra Party met with PDIP Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputeri at her residence during the Eid safari. Then, there was the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who visited the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, at the Widya Chandra 3 Complex, Jakarta. Regarding the exploration of the presidential election coalition, the Democrat Party admits that it opens up space for a coalition with any party in the upcoming 2024 election, including the Golkar Party. The Deputy of Bappilu for the Democratic Party of the Republic of Indonesia, Kamhar Lakumani, said that his party had never had any problems with the banyan party.

"The Democratic Party has no problems and burdens to cooperate with any party, especially with the Golkar Party, which already has a track record of good cooperation with the Democratic Party," Kamhar told reporters, Wednesday, May 11.

This, continued Kamhar, can be seen during the reign of the sixth President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). Where, he said, Golkar is a supporting party.

“Two periods of Pak SBY's administration, the Golkar Party has always been part of the government coalition. Political communication and cooperative relations are always established and maintained," he said.

Kamhar said that the maintained cooperation between Democrats and Golkar was also captured in the 2020 Simultaneous Pilkada. In fact, according to him, the Golkar Party ranks at the top of the number of coalitions with the Democratic Party in carrying out regional head candidate pairs. - https://voi.id/technology/ 165962/saat-official-jadi-owner-twitter-elon-musk-akan-return-account-donald-trump-yang-suspended- https://voi.id/berita/165986/terkena-blastan-petasan-tree- nature reserve-di-kota-depok-terbakar- https://voi.id/berita/165980/aksi-begal-member-tni-dilaku-teplan-polisi-perriksa-nine-tersangka-terkait-usan-narkoba[ /see_slao]Then in several cases of regional head elections, Kamhar revealed, the coalition of the Democratic Party and the Golkar Party was formed at the last minute. However, it is possible to pass a candidate pair as a contestant who was previously threatened with failure due to the political maneuvering of the candidate pair from another political party.

"This happened because of the intense, well-built and well-maintained political communication between the two parties," he said.

Therefore, Kamhar said, it is very possible that Golkar will form a coalition with Democrats in the upcoming 2024 election. Because they have a good relationship.

"The relationship between Mas Ketum AHY and Pak Airlangga Hartarto is also good, including the relationship between Mbak Annisa Yudhoyono and Mrs. Yanti Airlangga is also very good, both are active in arts and cultural activities," he said.