Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Political support continues to flow to Anies Rasyid Baswedan to run as a gubernatorial candidate in the 2024 General Election for Governor and Deputy Governor of the Special Region of Jakarta. Most recently, the Jakarta National Awakening Party (PKB) officially declared its support for Anies.
“The DKI Jakarta PKB has decided that Anies Baswedan will be the sole candidate to nominate in the 2024-2029 DKI Jakarta Pilkada,” said DKI Jakarta PKB DPW Chairman Hasbiallah Ilyas in his office, Wednesday (12/6/2024).
PKB still has to form a coalition with other parties to fulfill the requirements for ownership of DPRD seats in order to be able to register candidates for governor-deputy governor in the 2024 gubernatorial election.
Hasbiallah said that support for Anies was decided at the DKI Jakarta Pilkada working meeting which was held in Puncak Bogor, West Java on June 8-9 2024. The decision was taken based on aspirations from branch level, DPC to DPW as well as verification results from the DKI Jakarta Pilkada desk.
“So Mr. Anies has UKK, he has taken the form,” he said as reported by CNN Indonesia.
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He said that the DKI Jakarta DPW PKB would provide a letter of recommendation to Anies on Thursday (13/6/2024). The hope is that Anies will work downwards, aka go out into the community to socialize that he is the candidate for governor of PKB.
Then, who will be Anies' deputy governor? Hasbiallah admitted that he had established communication with the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). Where the chairmanship is held by Kaesang Pangarep.
“We are also willing if Mas Kaesang really wants to nominate deputy governor of DKI. We have also communicated with PSI. We are also open,” he said.
Nevertheless, Hasbiallah said that the decision regarding the Anies and Kaesang duet was in the hands of the PKB DPP.
“Hopefully Anies-Kaesang,” he said.
DPW PKB DKI Jakarta is also establishing communication with several other political parties to form a coalition in the upcoming DKI Jakarta Regional Election. However, not yet with PDIP.
PSI general chairman Kaesang Pangarep opened his voice regarding the news that said he would be Anies' companion in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Kaesang admitted that he would have no problem being paired with Anies in the Jakarta Pilkada. In fact, he praised Anies for having high electability in the recent survey results of Jakarta gubernatorial candidates.
“So I don't have a problem if I am paired with Mr Anies in the future,” said Kaesang at the PSI DPP office, Jakarta, Wednesday (12/6/2024).
Kaesang also highlighted that Anies was not affiliated with a political party. Meanwhile PSI has eight seats in the Jakarta DPRD.
“Right, Mr. Anies' current position doesn't have a party, whereas in Jakarta I have eight seats,” said Kaesang on the Kaesang Pangarep GK Great YouTube channel which was broadcast on May 29.
Meanwhile, PSI spokesperson Sigit Widodo stated that his party was open to collaborating with all parties in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. He conveyed this in response to the Jakarta PKB DPW's plan to open up the option of pairing Anies with Kaesang in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
“As the General Chair has repeatedly said, PSI is open to collaborating with all parties,” said Sigit to CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (12/6/2024).
Even so, Sigit confirmed that the PSI DPP had not yet made a decision whether to nominate certain figures in the 2024 DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election, including the names Anies and Kaesang. He only said that it was possible that the Jakarta PSI DPW had already communicated with the PKB to discuss the Jakarta Pilkada issue.
“At the DPP level, apparently not yet [komunikasi PKB]. In the regions, maybe already,” he said.
Anies has recently been predicted to run again as Jakarta gubernatorial candidate after suffering defeat in the 2024 presidential election. Support also poured in. One of them is from DPW PKS DKI Jakarta who will nominate Anies.
Recently, the PDIP DKI Jakarta Regional Leadership Council (DPD) sent a letter of recommendation for Anies' candidacy in the 2024 DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election to the PDIP Central Leadership Council (DPP). There is also a group calling themselves 'Our Volunteers Anies' who also hopes that Anies will run again as Jakarta gubernatorial candidate.
They also proposed that there be a political party that would support Anies pairing him with former TNI Commander Andika Perkasa. It is known that Andika is a PDIP cadre.
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