Anies opens up opportunities to join a party that does not compromise against nepotism

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Angels Baswedan opened the opportunity to join a political party. Anies, who until now has been a politician with an independent or non-party background, is considered to be able to get a ticket to run for office. Jakarta gubernatorial election 2024 if you become a party member.

Anies said that he was considering the option of joining the party as long as it was in line with his values. “Everything is considered as long as what is done is still in line with the values ​​we carry,” said Anies in Kebayoran Baru district, South Jakarta on Friday evening, August 9 2024 .

Anies claims that he does not want the option of joining the party to ask him to compromise the values ​​he believes in. Because, Anies said, it would be difficult for him to explain the decision to the public and his family.

According to Anies, several principles influence his decision to be in a political party or stay out. Among them is the stance of not compromising with nepotism and prejudice.

“It is something like this, a compromise on nepotism, a compromise on prejudice, if this is not a compromise on these values, we will look at the future,” said Anies.

Anies has currently received the support of several parties to run again in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election 2024 Among them is the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) who wants Anies to run with Sohibul Iman, the leader of PKS, as a candidate for deputy. governor In addition, there is a NasDem Party that has shown support for Anies in the regional elections.

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However, the two parties have not officially announced a coalition yet. It is reported that PKS and NasDem have the opportunity to transfer their support to the candidate proposed by the Indonesian Progressive Alliance (KIM), namely Ridwan Kamil who was the Governor of West Java.

Anies has the possibility of failing to run again in the Jakarta gubernatorial election if his coalition fails. There is a threshold requirement of 20 percent of DPRD seats that political party coalitions must meet to nominate candidates in the regional elections.

Before that, the chairman of the Regional Leadership Council of the Prosperous Justice Party or DPW PKS Jakarta, Khoirudin, made a recommendation for Anies to join a political party. This, Khoirudin said, must be done to make it easier to get candidacy tickets for the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

He suggested that Anies join the party so that it would be possible to add votes as a condition for registration in the Jakarta Pilkada. to register,” said Khoirudin when met by journalists at the Jakarta DPRD Building, Wednesday, August 7, 2024.

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