Political Lobbying Continues, Prabowo Scheduled to Receive Surya Paloh
After meeting PKB General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo will receive a visit from Nasdem General Chair Surya Paloh.
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WILLY MEDI CHRISTIAN NABABAN
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The Chairman of the Nasdem Party, Surya Paloh, together with the elected president Prabowo Subianto held a press conference after their meeting at the Nasdem Tower in Jakarta on Friday (22/3/2024).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Political lobbying following the appointment of Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka as elected presidential and vice-presidential candidates continues. After meeting with the General Chair of the National Awakening Party Muhaimin Iskandar, this Thursday (25/4/2024) Prabowo is scheduled to receive a visit from the General Chair of the Nasdem PartySurya Paloh.
According to information circulating, Prabowo Subianto will receive the leadership of the Nasdem Party on Thursday at 4.00 PM at his residence on Kertanegara Street No. 4, South Jakarta. The Nasdem elite's visit, as planned, will be directly led by Surya Paloh.
Previously, on Friday (22/3/2024), Prabowo visited the Central Leadership Council (DPP) office of the Nasdem Party. Prabowo, who was accompanied by the Deputy Chairperson of the Gerindra Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, and the Secretary General of the Gerindra Party, Ahmad Muzani, was welcomed by Surya Paloh and the top officials of Nasdem.
After the meeting, Surya Paloh stated that the chances of the Nasdem Party joining the ranks of political parties supporting Prabowo-Gibran were 50 to 50. "We will see future developments. "That's the fifty-fifty possibility," he said at the time.
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Two participants of the National Convention of Presidential Candidates from Golkar Party, Surya Paloh (left) and Prabowo Subianto (center), chatting intimately during the opening of the National Meeting of Golkar Party in Jakarta, Friday (17/11/2003).
On Wednesday, after meeting with the President of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Ahmad Syaikhu, Surya Paloh also stated that Nasdem has not yet decided on the political position to be taken in the new government under Prabowo-Gibran. At the moment, Nasdem is still studying. Nevertheless, Paloh emphasized that Nasdem is ready to be inside or outside the government.
Meanwhile, before the KPU officially announced Prabowo-Gibran as the elected presidential-vice presidential candidate, on Tuesday (23/4/2024) evening, Deputy Secretary-General of the Nasdem Party, Ahmad Ali, met with Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Secretary-General of the Gerindra Party, the party led by Prabowo.
Dasco mentioned that there will be political maneuvering after he met with Ahmad Ali. "It was just a conversation, but wait for a day or two," he said at the time.
Although reluctant to reveal the topic of discussion, Dasco said there would be good news, namely the joining of other parties in Prabowo's camp.
Just talking, basically later (wait) a day or two.
On Wednesday (24/4/2024), Prabowo-Gibran were announced as the elected president and vice president by the KPU. After the announcement, Prabowo immediately visited the headquarters of the National Awakening Party (PKB) to meet with its leadership.
After that, Prabowo immediately headed to the Central Executive Board (DPP) office of PKB to meet with Muhaimin, the Chairman of PKB who is also a political rival of Prabowo in the 2024 Presidential Election. In the meeting, PKB officially declared its support for the Prabowo-Gibran government. PKB even handed over eight programs of change that had been prepared to Prabowo.
"PKB and Gerindra, as parties that have been collaborating both in parliament and the executive, want to continue working together even more productively. Moreover, with Mr. Prabowo as the elected president who will facing various challenging development agendas in the future," said Muhaimin.
Since being announced as the presidential candidate with the most votes based on quick count results, Prabowo has expressed his intention to embrace all political forces, including his opponents during the 2024 Presidential Election. When he was officially declared as the elected President by the KPU, he once again invited all elites to set aside their differences and work together in building the nation.
Parliamentary seat
Based on data from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Koalisi Indonesia Maju (KIM) consisting of Partai Gerindra, Partai Golkar, Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), and Partai Demokrat hold 280 out of the total 580 parliamentary seats, or equivalent to 48.29 percent. Meanwhile, Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI), and Partai Garuda which are part of KIM, failed to qualify for parliament.
If combined with the strength of PKB (68 seats) and Nasdem Party (69 seats), Prabowo's coalition will control 417, or about 71.89 percent of parliamentary seats. However, the number of seats and matters related to legislative elections still cannot be confirmed. This is because the process of dispute over the results of the 2024 legislative election is still ongoing in the Constitutional Court.
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