TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chairman of PAN Zulkifli Hasan or Zulhas and Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartartocompact silence when asked for a response question Anies Baswedan which has now been officially supported by PKS, Democrats, and NasDem. This makes Anies the only presidential candidate who has so far managed to bag a ticket for the 2024 presidential election.
When met at the Palace area, Airlangga Hartarto also did not answer in a straightforward manner when the United Indonesia Coalition or KIB would announce the figure of a presidential candidate. KIB is a coalition of political parties consisting of PAN, Golkar, and PPP.
“KIB will later (announce the presidential candidate),” said Airlangga, Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
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Zulhas who were also found at the location also showed the same attitude. He said he came to the Palace to focus on his duties as Minister of Trade. Until then, Zulhas refused to answer when KIB will announce the presidential candidate following Anies Baswedan.
“No, no, that (coming here is for) rice matters,” said Zulhas.
Three Parties Declare Support Anies Baswedan
Previously, the NasDem Party was the first party to carry Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate. Then, the General Chairperson of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono alias AHY also expressed a similar attitude.
Then on Monday 30 January 2023, the Coalition for Change small team coordinator from PKS Sohibul Iman conveyed a message from the Chairman of the PKS Shura Council Salim Segaf when visiting him in Istanbul, Turkey. He said Salim had two messages to answer questions in the public’s mind regarding Anies Baswedan’s candidacy and the certainty of joining the Coalition for Change.
Salim, he said, emphasized that PKS would consistently be part of the coalition of parties supporting Anes Baswedan in the 2024 presidential election. So, he said, the coalition that would be named the Change Coalition could meet the presidential threshold of 20 percent.
Furthermore, Sohibul said PKS would express support for Anies as a presidential candidate explicitly at the Shura Council Board meeting which was held concurrently with the PKS National Working Meeting on February 24, 2023.
“PKS will provide explicit organizational support to Anies as presidential candidate for 2024-2029 at the PKS Shura Council meeting which coincides with the PKS DPP National Working Meeting on 24 February 2023,” said Sohibul in the Soekarno Hatta Airport area, Monday, 30 January 2023.
Nevertheless, he said the opportunity for an acceleration of Anies’ declaration was still open. Mainly, he said, after Salim and PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu performed the Umrah pilgrimage.
“However, it is possible that acceleration will occur according to the dynamics that are developing. Especially after President Syaikhu and Habib Salim returned to their homeland,” he said.
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