PPP Will Announce The Name Of The Presidential Candidate In The April 2023 Mukernas

Chairman of the DPP United Development Party (PPP) Achmad Baidowi while attending the presentation of the results of the National Survey Media (Median) survey in Jakarta, Tuesday (28/2/2023). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPP United Development Party (PPP) Achmad Baidowi conveyed that his party may prepare the names of presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election in a national work meeting scheduled for March or April 2023.

"There are two forums that can be held, they can be nationalized or special rapimnas, but it looks like we will decide through the National Working Meeting which according to the schedule will be held around March or April 2023. Of course while waiting for aspirations or proposals from the regional leadership board," Baidowi told reporters after attending the presentation of the results of the National Survey Media survey (Median) quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 28.

On the same occasion, he also conveyed that PPP is committed to carefully considering the presidential and vice presidential readings they carry in the 2024 General Election.

"We calculate carefully, calculate carefully, who might the presidential candidate be promoted by PPP and win the contestation," he said.

The same thing, continued Baidowi, also applies to the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB).

According to him, the coalition consisting of the Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), and PPP is committed not to rush into determining the presidential and vice presidential readings that will be carried out.

"This KIB contains parties that have a long experience in the history of Indonesian politics. Yes, KIB is relaxed. Even though it's relaxed, like diesel engines, slowly, warm, winning. So, it's just slow, relaxed," he said.

He added that KIB is of the view that politics must be careful and thorough so that it can win the contestation.

"The important thing is the ending, how can I win the contestation. There is no need to rush because sometimes in a hurry, the considerations are often less mature," he added.

Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia, the registration of prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to start from 19 October to 25 November 2023.

As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of valid votes nationally in the previous election for members of the DPR.

Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that the candidate pairs are promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.