Political Breakups & 2024 Race (2)
The former Vice Minister of Agrarian Reform & Spatial Planning Surya Tjandra, who is also a politician from the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), expressed his support for Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to run in 2024 race as a presidential candidate. Surya’s endorsement is worth highlighting in light of the 2024 race. His political party, PSI, is the biggest opposition to Anies in the Jakarta city legislative council (DPRD DKI) along with PDIP.
Prabowo Delays His Presidential Bid
Gerindra Party, the third largest political party in the House of Representatives (DPR), decided to postpone its National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) from the initial schedule on July 30 to August 13. Prabowo Subianto will declare his 2024 presidential bid in the Rapimnas Gerindra.
VP Ma’ruf & 2024 Race
Vice President (VP) Ma’ruf Amin, who is also former chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), wishes that another MUI chairman could become a VP or even a President of the Republic in the future. Who’s the VP trying to promote?
Another Attempt to Eliminate Threshold
The Islamic opposition party PKS challenges the presidential threshold set in the Election Law No. 7/2017 at the Constitutional Court (MK). The Party aims to eliminate the threshold. PKS, as we all know, is in talks with other political parties, including Surya Paloh’s Nasdem Party and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) Democratic Party, to endorse a pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates in 2024 race.
Presidential Pairing Talks (7)
The Mayor of Bogor Bima Arya Sugiarto expressed his support for Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, who is also a politician from the ruling party PDIP, to run in the 2024 presidential race with West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil. Bima Arya’s endorsement is worth highlighting because he’s a key leader of the National Mandate Party (PAN), and his position as the mayor of Bogor makes him close to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
Paloh-Kalla Axis
The chairman of Nasdem Party Surya Paloh received an honorary doctorate title from the Brawijaya University in a ceremonial event on Monday (July 25). Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is known as Paloh’s political ally, was present at the event. The relationship between Paloh and Kalla is worth highlighting in light of 2024 race.
Prabowo: Loss and Gain
The Chairman of Gerindra Party Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto has lost support from Rizieq Shihab, the supreme leader of the disbanded hardline muslim group FPI, to run in the upcoming 2024 presidential race. At the same time, Prabowo is gaining support from new...
Jokowi’s Recent Visits & 2024 Talks
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the celebration of the National Children Day over the weekend, along with three most popular governors in the country. Prior to that, the President visited East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province and he was accompanied by, among others, the Minister of Tourism & Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. The events are worth highlighting in light of the 2024 presidential race.
Rapimnas Gerindra: Will There be A Twist?
The Gerindra Party will hold its national leadership meeting (Rapimnas) on next Saturday (July 30) at the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) in Bogor, West Java. In the event, the Party will ask its party chairman, Prabowo Subianto, on whether or not the...
Speculation on Tjahjo’s Replacement & Another Cabinet Reshuffle
It’s been three weeks since the passing of the State Apparatus & Bureaucratic Reform Minister (Menpan RB) Tjahjo Kumolo, but President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has yet to announce the replacement in the cabinet. Some speculate that the reason behind the delay is not only because the President waits for the recommendation from the Chairperson of PDIP Megawati Soekarnoputri, who’s still mourning Tjahjo’s passing, but also because he might use the opportunity to make another round of cabinet reshuffle.