NasDem Says Anies Baswedan Will Unveil The Economy Idea In Apple Speech On Change Alert At GBK

Head of Communication and Media Division of the NasDem Party Charles Meikyansah. BETWEEN/HO-DPP NasDem

JAKARTA - Chairman of the NasDem Party Surya Paloh and future presidential candidate for the Coalition for Change for Unity (KPP) Anies Baswedan will deliver a speech at the Change Alert Apple at Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Sunday, July 16. "We will listen to the big agendas of Anies Baswedan for Indonesia to be more advanced," said NasDem Party Head of Communication and Media, Charles Meikyansah in a statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, July 4. Anies, he continued, would reveal new and brilliant ideas in solving various problems faced by the Indonesian people and nation so far. Furthermore, Charles said that despite internal events, the NasDem Party DPP also invited coalition parties, namely Democrats and PKS, to attend events. NasDem also invited volunteers and supporters of Anies Baswedan to come and enliven the event. "We want to show that the coalition parties and volunteers supporting Anies Baswedan are very ready and solid to face the battle in the election later," he said. Apple Siaga Change is an internal consolidation of the NasDem Party to see the strength of party infrastructure and the readiness of prospective legislative members in the face of a battle in the 2024 General Election (Pemilu). According to Charles, NasDem cadres who will make Senayan arrive from all over the country, Sabang to Merauke. "We want to face a tight and tough contest, so we need to know the strength of our troops. Therefore, we check party infrastructure one by one," said Charles. Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia, the registration of prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to start from October 19 to November 25, 2023. As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of valid votes nationally in the previous election for members of the DPR.

Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. In addition, candidate pairs can also be promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.