Prabowo Volunteer Coordinator Doesn't Want 2024 To Heat Up Like The 2019 Presidential Election

Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Prabowo Subianto have been rivals in the last two presidential elections. (Between-Hafidz Mubarak)

JAKARTA - Prabowo Volunteer House Coordinator 08 Fauzi Baadila said that his party did not want the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) to be overheated like the 2019 Presidential Election. The message, said Fauzi, was an appeal from Gerindra Party Chair Prabowo Subianto to all supporting volunteers for the upcoming presidential election contestation. "We don't want to overheat like 2019, 2024, we have to run the presidential election peacefully, with no rifts," said Fauzi at the Prabowo Volunteer Grand House 08, West Jakarta, Wednesday. Fauzi said that his party did not want to bring down or slander other parties. He hopes that all volunteers and sympathizers are expected to obey Prabowo's message. "This has been our commitment and has also been conveyed to all volunteers so that the spirit of peace, harmony, cool. We will continue to hold this," he said.

He also asked volunteers not to be reactive with negative things against Prabowo. If there are other parties who vilify, said Fauzi, volunteers do not need to destroy this. "Just let it go. So what? So that in the future it is hoped that it can bring cooler colors in the community," said Fauzi.

Furthermore, Fauzi said that he as a public figure as well as a volunteer coordinator admitted that he had communicated with other public figures to close support for Prabowo. He said that there were dozens of influencers who would voice support. However, Fauzi did not reveal the names of the influencers because according to him it was a creative surprise from Prabowo's side. "There are more than 20-30, let alone, we give creative surprises only, not slander. We give creative surprises that are fun, we will not give slander, we will not give hostility," said Fauzi. In accordance with the schedule of the General Election Commission (KPU), registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates from October 19, 2023 to November 25, 2023. In Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Elections) it is stated that pairs of presidential/vicevice 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 number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election of members of the DPR. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that pairs of presidential/vice-presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have a minimum support of 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that pairs of candidates are supported 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.