Not Yet Determined The Name Of The Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates Until Now, The Acting Head Of PPP Banks Is A Sign That KIB Will Disband

Plt Ketum PPP Muhammad Mardiono met the United States Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Yong Kim at the DPP PPP Jakarta/ANTARA Office

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Muhamad Mardiono dismissed reports of signs of a United Indonesia Coalition (KIB) potentially disbanding. "Oh, no. There has never been any sign that KIB will disband. No," said Mardiono when contacted in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, March 7. Mardiono also emphasized that in internal KIB there are no significant problems. "If there are problems, we can solve them in the coalition," he added. He also denied that KIB was shaky because it had not yet determined the names of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election. According to him, KIB is preparing the best duet pair he will carry. "Because we really want to present the best," he said. Discussions between PPP, PAN, and the Golkar Party in KIB continue to be carried out to reach a joint agreement regarding the presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be promoted. "Of course these three parties do not necessarily bring the same candidate, right, if it is still different, we still have to discuss it. Of course we always intensively discuss all of these things," he said. Meanwhile, Chairman of the PPP Advisory Council Muhammad Romahurmuziy denied the news of the KIB rift and asked the public not to lead KIB to be dissolved. "Don't be led by 'potentially disbanded'," said Rommy, his nickname, in a statement received in Jakarta yesterday. Rommy said that currently, each political party in KIB is still working on the potential name of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be promoted. "PAN di Rakernas sudah menyebut Ganjar-Erick. Di PPP untuk capres belum diputuskan, dan untuk cawapres masih ada nama Erick dan Sandi. Di Partai Golkar malah belum ada nama. Bisa saja KIB nanti berbeda aspirasi akhirnya soal capres dan cawapres," tuturnya. Political parties in KIB, he continued, are also exploring communication with political parties outside KIB, because the names of the three potential presidential candidates with the highest electability have been promoted by the coalition of other parties. "Reality is, Ganjar PDIP cadres, Prabowo Gerindra cadres, and non-party Anies. Currently, there is no stock for presidential candidates anymore whose electability is quite high according to a survey that can be nominated by KIB. So we-we have to be realistic," he said.