NasDem Doesn't Want PSI To Join The Coalition For Change

NasDem Party DPP Chairman Taufik Basari At Senayan DPR/DOK Nailin In Saroh/VOI

The NasDem Party has stated that it will not invite the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) to join the Change Coalition which supports Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) as a candidate for presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. This was conveyed by the Chairman of the NasDem Party DPP Taufik Basari regarding the determination of the youngest son of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Kaesang Pangarep as chairman of PSI. Taufik Basari or who is familiarly called Tobas initially congratulated Kaesang on the election of PSI chairman to replace Giring Ganesha. He hopes that Kaesang will bring a new color to the Indonesian world of politics. "Yes, we congratulate Kaesang on choosing PSI general chairman. Hopefully, he will give a new color in the world of politics in Indonesia," said Tobas at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 26. Tobas also did not mind Kaesang's political career which was considered instant. According to him, every political party has its own mechanism in determining who deserves to be the chairman. As is known, Kaesang immediately became the chairman even though he had only joined PSI for two days. On Saturday, September 23, Kaesang only received KTA as a PSI cadre. Meanwhile, on Monday, September 25, Kaesang was announced as chairman of PSI. "We really appreciate the political parties in Indonesia, including their respective internal mechanisms. So we will not enter that realm, we simply congratulate and hope that PSI can also make a good contribution to this nation," he explained. Regarding whether NasDem will communicate with Kaesang to invite PSI to join the Change Coalition, Tobas said that his party was open if he wanted to support the Anies-Muhaimin (Amin) pair. However, he said, NasDem would not actively invite PSI to join the Change Coalition. Moreover, the coalition, which is filled with NasDem, PKS and PKB, has met the requirements for the presidential election.

"Currently, with the composition in the Change Coalition, it is sufficient in terms of requirements to run as a pair of vice presidential candidates, so with this alone we feel enough. But if there is a party that joins, we will not close it," said Tobas. "So we don't actively invite other parties to join but we still can't close the door for other parties who want to join this coalition," he added.