PDIP Opens Opportunities For Coalition With Government Political Parties, Gerindra: Regarding Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates Prabowo And Cak Imin's Decision

Daily Chairperson Of Gerindra Sufmi Dasco Ahmad/Nailin-VOI

JAKARTA - The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that his party always communicates with other political parties ahead of the 2024 General Election, especially PKB, which is a coalition partner. This was conveyed by Dasco in response to the statement of the Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto who opened up opportunities for coalitions with political parties supporting the government. "So far, all of us parties, both those who have been in a coalition and there is no coalition, have both strengthened the position of the party at the grassroots. Well, it's only ten months before the presidential election, the communication will continue to be intense, but Gerindra has already been conveyed that whatever decision regarding the vice presidential candidate is left to Pak Prabowo and Pak Muhaimin Iskandar," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 21. Regarding the configuration of the emergence of the Prabowo Subianto-Ganjar Pranowo duo, Dasco considered that there was a reasonable public opinion or survey related to the discourse. However, he said, each political party has its own mechanism to determine its presidential and vice presidential candidates. "The name of the configuration is made by the survey agency, then the opinion of the community is legal, but the mechanism in the coalition in the party mechanism will be there later," he said. Alluding to Gerindra's plan to meet with PDIP, the Deputy Speaker of the DPR admitted that he did not know. According to him, Of course there is a meeting between political parties in the context of friendship. Moreover, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. "I haven't heard the plan yet. I think the closest meeting is in the context of halal bihalal, right with the parties usually, now we are fasting first," said Dasco. Asked what party Gerindra will meet in the near future, Dasco was reluctant to comment. He only mentioned the meeting for halal bihalal to welcome the month of Ramadan. "Halal bihalal lah, kita lagi fokus ibadah," katanya. Previously, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said his party was intensely communicating with political parties that were in the Jokowi-Maruf government coalition ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Except for the political parties that carried Anies Baswedan as the antitesta of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Jokowi. "It's just a party in the government, we have both important intensity, both of which are of different quality, except for those who have different paths carrying the antitheses of Pak Jokowi, that's not intense enough," said Hasto at the PDIP DPP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Monday, March 20. However, regarding political cooperation or coalition, according to Hasto, it is under the authority of the General Chairperson of the PDIP DPP Megawati Soekarnoputeri to decide. He admitted that he only prepared political mosaics from communication with other political parties. "That's the authority of the head mother, our job, I am Mr. Eriko and the others are preparing when instructed by mothers, political mosaics, so we prepare it, he will make decisions, including political cooperation," he said.