Regarding The Discourse On The Merger Of KIB And KKIR To Become A Big Coalition, PPP: If So, Alhamdulillah

General Chairperson of Gerindra Prabowo Subianto (right) welcomed the arrival of the General Chairperson of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan (left) at the house of Kertanegara, South Jakarta, Saturday (8/4/2023). (Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The merger of the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB) and the Greater Indonesia Awakening Coalition (KKIR) became a major coalition with the opportunity to be realized after the meeting of Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto and PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan this afternoon.

Responding to this, the chairman of the PPP DPP, Achmad Baidowi or Awiek, said that his party welcomed the discourse initiated by five political party chairmen during a meeting at PAN headquarters last week.

According to him, the direction of cooperation from the two coalitions has been seen even though there has been no decision on the discourse of forming a major coalition.

"Alhamdulillah, last week there was a five-party meeting with the president. Although the coalition has not yet decided, the direction of cooperation between the two coalition blocks is a good thing," said Awiek, Saturday, April 8.

PPP, he continued, would certainly accept the agreement that would be decided from the follow-up to the major coalition talks. However, Awiek said, if it did not materialize, his party would not have a problem.

"So we are flexible, if it becomes thank God, if it doesn't become Alhamdulillah too," he said.

According to Awiek, the more parties that join, the better. Because he said, building a nation is not enough just a few political parties or even one coalition.

"Because the problems in this nation are very large, it is not enough for PPP to think about it, it is not only enough for KIB to think about it, nor is it enough just to think about KIR," he concluded.