It Doesn't Matter If Anies Chooses Gibran To Be A Vice Presidential Candidate, A Democrat: Instead, Outside The Coalition, He Is Embraced

Democrat chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono alias AHY together with Anies Baswedan (Instagram @agusyudhoyono)

JAKARTA - The Democrat Party respects Anies Baswedan's decision if he chooses Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice presidential candidate who will accompany him in the 2024 presidential election. Democrats said they remained solid with NasDem and PKS in facing the 2024 General Election.

"Don't worry. We are never worried," said the spokesman for the Democratic Party, Herzaky Mahendra Putra, Thursday, November 17.

Herzaky said the Democrats were open to options outside the internal coalition of change that had not yet been realized.

"It doesn't just have to be friends in the coalition, but what is outside the coalition remains to be embraced," he added.

Regarding Anies' companion figure, according to him, the Democrats prefer to view the fulfillment of high electability criteria, the spirit of change, and being open to friendship. Herzaky also said that at a later time, Anies must be more flexible in communicating with anyone. This, he said, had been done long ago by the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono.

"Mas Anies, if you want to become a candidate for the leader of this nation, you must do it, you must be diligent in communicating, gathering with others," he said. cross-spectrum, "continued Herzaky.

Previously, Deputy Chairperson of the NasDem Party, Ahmad Ali, assessed that Gibran had the qualifications as a vice presidential candidate to accompany Anies Baswedan. Therefore, NasDem does not mind if finally Anies chose President Jokowi's eldest son as his companion in the 2024 presidential election. "If then Gibran is appropriate to be Anies' vice presidential candidate, why not? I think (Gibran) meets that qualification. It could be," said Ali, Tuesday, November 15. The same thing was revealed by the chairman of the NasDem DPP Willy Aditya. He said that if Anies felt suitable for Gibran to be his companion in 2024 then it would be a mate. "Yes, friendship. If Mas Anies feels compatible with Gibran and Mas Gibran feels suitable for Anies, that's the match," said Willy.