Jakarta. Prabowo Subianto has been assured a location in the 2024 governmental election after his Excellent Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) celebration established a union with the National Awakening Party (PKB) to fulfill the 20 percent threshold for a qualified candidate on Saturday.
The law needs a party or a coalition of celebrations to have at least 20 percent of seats in the House of Representatives to nominate a governmental prospect.
Gerindra has 13.57 percent of 575 House seats while PKB has 10 percent.
On Friday, Prabowo provided his approval speech after leaders of Gerindra’s provincial chapters agreed to nominate him regardless of his back-to-back losses in the 2014 and 2019 elections.
” After carefully discovering and listening to the position of all chapters and the celebration’s arms, who hope that I accept the election as a presidential candidate for 2024, I respond to with full duty that I accept your demand,” Prabowo stated throughout the celebration’s national congress in Sentul, Bogor, West Java.
The following day, a PKB executive confirmed that the party has no problem with Prabowo’s election and that its chairman Muhaimin Iskandar is currently the sole option for a running mate.
” To make it clear, the candidates from PKB and Gerindra won’t be anyone other than Muhaimin and Prabowo,” PKB Deputy Chairman Jazilul Fawaid said.
But Jazilul quickly added that the official announcement of the candidates will follow schedules from the General Election Commission (KPU) which is one and a half years from now.
” Today we officially declare this coalition. PKB and Gerindra share vision and mission, and we likewise have candidates already,” he said.
Prabowo was defeated by Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on both celebrations however in a reconciliatory move in October 2019, the president designated him as the defense minister, to which the former opponent accepted without doubt.
Prabowo said he has actually protected approval from his manager to run for the president once again.
Throughout the second day of the congress on Saturday, Prabowo even sang applauds to Jokowi, stating that the president has the wisdom and statesmanship to lead the nation as shown by his genuine attempts to reconcile with his political challengers.
” It’s been 3 years considering that I ended up being a subordinate of Mr. Joko Widodo and I don’t feel ashamed of my loyalty to him,” he informed Gerindra executives.
” I was his rival for 10 years however he is a male of unselfishness and started reconciliation.
When asked by reporters at the presidential palace on Friday, Jokowi said he has no authority to prevent cabinet members from running for the election in this democratic nation.
” How can I say no to him?” the president responded.
” If that is analyzed as my true blessing, then I have no objection.”
