PPP Responds To Golkar-PKB's Desire To Become A Big Coalition Motorcycle

Plt. PPP Chairman Muhamad Mardiono gave a press statement to reporters at the Jakarta Presidential Palace, Thursday (4/5/2023). ANTARA/Suwanti

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) General Chairperson of the PPP DPP Muhamad Mardiono responded to the wishes of the Golkar Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) to become the motor for the formation of a major coalition in the 2024 presidential election.

"Yes, indeed, from the beginning of KIB (United Indonesia Coalition), we all have the task of building political cooperation," said Mardiono when asked about his response to Golkar's plan and PKB to become the motor of forming a major coalition.

This was conveyed by Mardiono after being accepted with President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, May 4.

PPP together with Golkar and the National Mandate Party (PAN) have formed the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB).

On Wednesday (3/5) at the meeting of Golkar Chairman Airlangga Hartarto with PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandardi Resto Plataran, Senayan, Jakarta, the two parties agreed to become the motor of forming a major coalition.

Efforts to build cooperation, said Mardiono, were indeed by parties that were members of KIB with other political parties.

"Regardless of each political party, it will certainly not interfere internally with the constitutional mechanism of each party. This is because the constitution of one party and the other certainly has different mechanisms," he said.

Mardiono emphasized that all political parties continue to build cooperation or coalitions or produce big ideas for the progress of the nation and state. As for his meeting with President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, Mardiono said that the President expressed his gratitude to PPP for setting a presidential candidate who was promoted to the 2024 Presidential Election through a constitutional process by not causing friction within the party. President Jokowi, said Mardiono, also said that PPP's move had become a great energy in the journey of the nation and the country ahead. The President also prayed for PPP at the age of 50 years in 2024 to take advantage of the political momentum to climb stairs to make future leaps.