Discussing The 2024 Election, Gerindra Will Meet With PDIP

Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani/DOK VOI-Wardhany Tsa Tsia

JAKARTA - The Gerindra Party plans to hold a meeting with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) to discuss the 2024 general election (Pemilu). This meeting is planned after Gerindra announced a coalition with the National Awakening Party (PKB).

Secretary General of the Gerindra Party, Ahmad Muzani, admitted that until now Gerindra's relationship with the PDIP was very good. That way, his party scheduled a meeting to discuss the issue of maintaining unity and ensuring democracy takes place well ahead of the 2024 political year.

"Our communication with PDIP after the cooperation between Gerindra and PKB is also very good," said Muzani to the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, August 18.

"We will also meet with PDIP to talk about how to maintain the unity and democracy that has become our choice in 2024, can take place well," he continued.

Muzani said all actions and political cooperation carried out by Gerindra, including meetings with PDIP, would also be discussed with PKB.

"We will discuss all of our actions and political cooperation with PKB," he said.

Previously, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said PDIP opened the possibility for a coalition with political parties that carried President Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 presidential election.

"Yes, not only with Gerindra, PKB, PPP then with Golkar and in short with all political parties that carry Pak Jokowi, right among the general chairmen we often meet together with the President and Ma'ruf Amin, we often have dialogues," said Hasto at the meeting. PDIP Party School, Jalan Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Wednesday, August 17.

Hasto emphasized that his party will choose the president and vice president based on the people's choice. PDIP, he said, would later determine where the direction of the cooperation would be narrowed.

"Meanwhile, for us, the president and vice president elect the people, so it is down to the people who are the priority scale and which will lead to the cooperation. PDI-P will participate in determining which pendulum direction the cooperation will be purged," he said.