NasDem Denies Anies And Surya Paloh's Meeting To Discuss AHY's Rejection To Be A Vice Presidential Candidate

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPP NasDem Party Willy Aditya denied the meeting of the future presidential candidate for the Change Coalition for Unity (KPP) Anies Baswedan with the General Chair, Surya Paloh at Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, last night discussing the matter of vice president.

Willy also denied the issue of Surya Paloh rejecting the Chairman of the Democrats Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) as a vice presidential candidate proposed by Anies.

"No, last night the discussion was about the development of a coalition of changes in the regions. So the development was very good, then we how to arrange the name block, there were 3 blocks that the party had to build, which were then conveyed by the party and what steps in the future. That was what was conveyed and Mas Anies also conveyed the results of several tours of him as well," said Willy when contacted, Friday, August 25.

Willy explained that last night's meeting was a routine meeting every month to update Anies' political developments to party officials at the KPP.

It is known that Anies Baswedan is scheduled to visit Cikeas to meet with the Chairman of the Upper House of the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) tonight.

"Well, the first opportunity is for Pak Surya, now after that tonight, Pak SBY will continue to go to Habib Salim. So that's more about the dynamic progress of the Change Coalition, that's what was conveyed," explained Willy.

Then, continued Willy, Anies and high-ranking political party officials also discussed what steps to take in the future. Including the discourse on Anies' duet with certain candidates.

"That is an important note, our focus remains on Anies as a candidate for president of the change coalition. Even though there is an ABC offer, we are still focused on Anies who is the presidential candidate for the Change Coalition," he said.

However, Willy dismissed that last night Anies and Surya Paloh discussed the duet discourse with Ganjar Pranowo. He emphasized that the discussion was only related to focusing on winning Anies in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

"No, we see it as a form of how Anies' position is really strengthened. Especially Anies, so far there are parties who can be said to be negative and continue to be positive tone, that means it is something that is beneficial for us. That is our note but not discussing it (Ganjar-Anies) at all, we are more focused on agents and internally on how Anies' steps and coalition changes in the future are like anything," he concluded.