Marching Band Will Accompany 1000 PKB And Gerindra Cadres To Parade Together From Sunda Kelapa Mosque To KPU

Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto (left) and PKB chairman Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin (right) met in Kertanegara, Jakarta, June 18, 2022. (Antara-Muhammad A)

JAKARTA - PKB and Gerindra are scheduled together to the General Election Commission (KPU) to register as political parties participating in the 2024 General Election today, Monday, August 8.

The party chaired by Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin and Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend at 15.00 WIB. Thousands of joint PKB and Gerindra cadres are planned to gather in front of the Sunda Kelapa Mosque, Jakarta, before the march to the KPU.

"It is planned that 1,000 joint PKB and Gerindra cadres with their respective uniforms will gather in front of the Sunda Kelapa Mosque," said PKB deputy head, Jazilul Fawaid, when contacted, Monday, August 8. Jazilul said that the group would walk to the RI KPU while carrying the red and white flag and flag accompanied by a marching band.

"The group will walk with a sign and a red and white flag accompanied by a marching band to the KPU office," he said.

Meanwhile, Cak Imin, said Jazilul, will meet Prabowo at the KPU gate. Only after that, the two presidents will enter the KPU building together, accompanied by PKB and Gerindra elites.

"If there are no obstacles, Gus Muhaimin and Mr. Bowo will meet in front of the KPU office to enter together, accompanied by PKB and Gerindra officials," said Jazilul. According to him, the mosque is a sign that the political cooperation of the two parties is fully aimed at the benefit of the Indonesian people.

"His spirit is with the election time for registration at 10 Muharram which is also an auspicious day and has great significance for the starting point for the victory of the world's great figures," said Huda in a written statement, Monday, August 8.

Huda considered that the Sunda Kelapa mosque was chosen because of the philosophy of the mosque itself. Where the mosque is in the shape of a boat which symbolizes that the port of Sunda Kelapa was once a famous place for trade as well as the most rapid spread of Islam in its time.

With the selection of mosques, said Huda, his party wanted to remind Gerindra and PKB cadres that political struggle is the implementation of noble religious values.

Huda said the registration of Gerindra and PKB as election participants would be led directly by Prabowo and Cak Imin. He said this was also a sign of the increasingly serious political cooperation of the two sides.

Furthermore, Prabowo and Cak Imin will hold a joint press conference after completing a series of registrations at the KPU office. Both of them are said to be presenting various strategic issues related to the cooperation between Gerindra and PKB in facing the 2024 General Election.

"Later on, Mr. Bowo and Gus Muhaimin will deliver a joint statement regarding political cooperation between the two parties in facing the 2024 General Election," he said.