TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Future presidential candidate Anies Baswedan visited the residence of the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia as well as Chairman of the Upper House of the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono alias SBY in Pacitan, East Java, Thursday 1 June 2023. Anies was accompanied by a team of 8 Change Coalitions for Unity.
The coalition is fronted by the NasDem Party, Partai Democrats, and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). Democratic Party DPP spokesperson Herzaky Mahendra Putra said the meeting between Anies, team 8 and SBY discussed the current situation of democracy and state administration.
“We had long discussions, especially discussing the worsening situation of democracy and state administration,” said Herzaky in his statement, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
According to Herzaky, the situation in the country has made the Change Coalition more determined to accelerate consolidation. He explained, the Coalition for Change reads the mood of the people who want improvement in a number of ways.
Among them are matters of state governance, political ethics, law enforcement, to corruption practices which are increasingly coloring state management. Herzaky said that the Coalition for Change was looking for a solution.
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“Part of the acceleration, of course we exchange ideas what should be done,” he said.
Apart from that, Herzaky said that the meeting also discussed the options for vice presidential candidates. After appointing one figure, then the declaration of the candidate pair as the champion for the Coalition for Change in 2024 will be announced.
“In the meeting we discussed more strategic matters, not technically discussing the time of the declaration,” said Herzaky.
