Puan Names 5 Candidates For Ganjar, One Of Them Is Sandiaga

Chairman of the House of Representatives and Chairperson of the PDIP DPP Puan Maharani (ANTARA)

The chairman of the PDI-P DPP, Puan Maharani, said that there were five names as candidates for vice president for Ganjar Pranowo.

"Now it has narrowed five names, one of which is Cak Imin," said Puan after attending the peak of the PKB 25th Birthday celebration (Harlah) at Manahan Stadium Solo, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, July 23.

Puan mentioned the five names, namely Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, Erick Thohir, Andika Perkasa, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, and Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin).

"In the past there were 10 names, now they have narrowed to five names," he said.

When asked how close Muhaimin Iskandar and PDIP were to Ganjar Pranowo, Puan also asked about the closeness directly with Cak Imin.

"Is PKB close to PDIP?" asked Puan to Muhaimin.

Cak Imin also joked that their closeness was not just close.

"Nempel, bukan hanya dekat, nempel," jawab Cak Imin.

Ganjar Pranowo is a presidential candidate promoted by the PDI-P and the United Development Party (PPP).

Meanwhile, the National Awakening Party (PKB) together with the Gerindra Party formed the Greater Indonesia Awakening Coalition (KKIR), which carried Prabowo Subianto as a presidential reading.

Based on the schedule set by the General Elections Commission (KPU), the registration of prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election 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 DPR seats or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes 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 or pairs of candidates 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.