Projo Claims To Communicate With Jokowi Proposed Ganjar-Prabowo Duet

President Jokowi, Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo, and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto inspected the main harvest in Kebumen, Central Java. (Instagram Ganjar Pranowo)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of Pro Jokowi (Projo) volunteers Budi Arie Setiadi said that Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo were the ideal pair to be duet in the 2024 presidential election.

"Ideally Pak Prabowo and Pak Ganjar are one (installed), ideally. Or not Ganjar-Prabowo, Prabowo-Ganjar, ideally. It's just that it's getting more and more COMlicated," said Budi Arie, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 25.

Budi said he had consulted with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to realize the discourse of the Prabowo-Ganjar duet which he called difficult.

Jokowi, he continued, is still trying to make the duet between Prabowo and Ganjar, or vice versa, a reality.

"The progress is getting more difficult. The last time I talked to the president, 'how, sir?', 'Still trying for it (Jokowi's answer)'. It's just getting longer, more difficult, yes," he said.

Even though he had hope, Budi tried to be realistic and did not want to force it if Prabowo-Ganjar finally did not side by side in the 2024 presidential election.

"The principle of unity still exists, if the reality is a bit difficult, that's it, that's it. Because we also see the possibility of separation, there is also a possibility of unity," he said.

At the beginning, Budi said that the dynamics of the 2024 presidential election so far have narrowed the names of Prabowo Subianto and Ganjar Pranowo, as obtained from the people's deliberation (musra) and the results of the survey.

"We also do not deny that today's facts are potential between Prabowo and Ganjar, both competing and side by side. So both, it is fate that determines what Indonesian politics will be like," he said.