President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo met with the fifth President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also the chairperson of the ruling party PDIP, at the State Palace yesterday (June 7) during the inauguration of the State Agency for Pancasila Education’s (BPIP) new management lineup. The President is scheduled today (June 8) to inaugurate the At-Taufiq Mosque at the PDIP’s Sekolah Partai (Party School of Regional Head Candidates) in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta whereas he will meet Megawati again.

The Golkar Party along with PPP and PAN have formed a coalition for 2024 presidential race with the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on last Saturday (June 4) in an event held at the Plataran, Senayan, Central Jakarta. Interestingly, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who is widely believed as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s right-hand man, and Budi Arie Setiadi, the chairman of Pro Jokowi (Projo), were present in the said event.

Pretty much as predicted, the sixth President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), who is also the supreme leader of Democratic Party, met with media mogul Surya Paloh, who is also the chairman of Nasdem Party. The said meeting is a follow up to the previous meeting between SBY’s eldest son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) and Paloh.

The Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) stated that based on the data from its survey conducted in the last one year, the pollster found a trend of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s supporters preference to support the Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo in...

A quarrel on the Gatot Subroto toll road between the son of a lawmaker from the ruling party PDIP and two people from the Bravo 5, a volunteer group of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the 2019 presidential election that established by a number of retired military generals, is under the spotlight. Given the political connections of the people involved in the said quarrel, the unfortunate incident could worsening the relationship between those within the President’s inner circle.

The Islamic Party PBB proposes its party chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra as running mate for either the Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan or the Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential race. The problem is Yusril’s electability is insignificant, and PBB is a very small political party.

2024 race is still two years away, but we’ve seen some political breakups here and there. Former Regent of Belitung Timur Yuslih Ihza Mahendra, who is also the oldest brother of former Minister and law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra, jump ed ship from the Islamic party PBB to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) Democratic Party. While M Taufik, a politician from Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party, wants to join Nasdem Party.