Airlangga Leaks Criteria For KIB Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates For The 2024 Presidential Election

KIB held another meeting to make the 2024 presidential election program in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Sunday, November 6, 2022. (doc Golkar)

JAKARTA - The General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, has revealed a number of criteria for the pairs of candidates that will be carried by the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB) in the 2024 Presidential Election. One of them is that the figure must come from a political party and have flying hours.

Airlangga said, KIB which consists of the Golkar Party, PAN, and PPP has many qualified cadres. So, some of them have to run as presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"There are many experienced cadres here. The flight hours are high, and the most important thing besides having a NIK, has a KTA. Because this KIB is a coalition whose members are political parties. So if political parties need NIK and KTA. This is the key," said Airlangga, as quoted from his written statement, Monday, November 7th.

Even so, Airlangga emphasized that this coalition would not rush to determine the name of the pair to be carried. Moreover, there are still two parties that are reported to have joined so KIB will later be named KIB Plus-plus.

It's just that Airlangga has not specified the name of the party that will enter it. "KIB is still waiting for one or two other parties," he said.

"So if one or two other parties join, we will announce who KIB will support. It's called KIB Plus-plus," Airlangga continued.

In addition, Airlangga also said that the announcement of the names of the candidates would not be carried out this November. The reason is that this month coincides with Rabiul Akhir according to the Islamic calendar.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy said that the announcement of the names of the candidates to be promoted must be sought for the best month. "So if Rabiul Akhir must be careful. Then we must look for a moon whose universe really supports us and is good," he said.

Another consideration, this November also coincides with the G20 Summit in Indonesia. Arilangga said that the event held in Bali should not be closed with the name of the candidate to be announced by KIB.

According to him, the success of the G20 is highly anticipated because it will become President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) legacy in the international community. Thus, KIB does not want President Jokowi's attention to be distracted.

"Here, I state that those who are most ready to continue the legacy are three political parties. Golkar, PAN, and PPP," he concluded.