Politics

Pretty much as predicted, PDIP will nominate Tri Rismaharini, who is familiarly known as Risma, as governor candidate to challenge the incumbent Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa in this year’s East Java gubernatorial election. PKB, meanwhile, will also nominate its own cadre as governor candidate that will make the East Java gubernatorial election this year into a three-horse race.

Other than the Jakarta gubernatorial election, we’re also waiting for PDIP’s pick for the East Java gubernatorial election. Will PDIP nominate Tri Rismaharini, familiarly known as Risma, to challenge the incumbent Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa as it has been rumored for months?

The House of Representatives’ plan to annul the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) has prompted public backlash. On August 22, many protesters flocked to the streets in several major cities in Indonesia to demand justice. The protest is considered the largest in five years.

Enough is enough! That’s what happened on Thursday (Aug 23) when students, activists, civil society leaders, university professors, celebrities/influencers, and ordinary citizens staged protests in major cities. They were all fed up with manoeuvres from political elites led by outgoing president Jokowi and president elect Prabowo to sabotage regional elections.

Lukman Edy, former secretary general of PKB, sued the result of the latest Muktamar (chairmanship congress) of PKB in Bali, in which Muhaimin Iskandar won his reelection, at the Ministry of Law & Human Rights and he asked the Ministry not to legalize Muhaimin’s leadership. Lukman, who is also former Minister of Disadvantaged Region under the administration of the sixth President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), said that the Nahdlatul Ulama’s Central Board (PBNU) will continue the preparation to hold another chairmanship congress of PKB in Jakarta next week.

PDIP cancelled the announcement of Anies Baswedan as governor candidate for this year’s gubernatorial election in Jakarta. Anies was actually present at the PDIP’s headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta on Monday (Aug. 26) when PDIP announced six more governor candidates from the Party for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto denied a rumor of frictions in his relationship with the outgoing President Jokowi. Prabowo, who is also the Minister of Defense and the chairman of Gerindra Party, reminds everyone to stop trying to pit him against Jokowi.

PDIP, the largest political party, is set to announce nomination of Anies Baswedan as candidate for Jakarta governor today. After weeks of intensive discussions, the party, which can now enter the race without necessarily establishing coalition with other parties thanks to the new ruling from the Constitutional Court (MK), has reportedly decided to back Anies few hours ago.

Pretty much as we’ve predicted in a previous article, Muhaimin Iskandar has been reelected as the chairman of PKB, the largest Islamic party in the country that is strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), in the Party’s Muktamar (chairmanship congress) held over the weekend. Meanwhile, Vice President (VP) Ma’ruf Amin, who is known as Muhaimin’s political ally, has been appointed as the chairman of the PKB’s Syuro Council. However, it’s worth noting that both the outgoing President Jokowi and President-elect Prabowo Subianto didn’t attend the congress.