Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Prospective presidential candidate promoted by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) Prabowo Subianto is reluctant to rush into announcing the vice presidential candidate who will be his companion in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential General Election.

“Ojo kesusu, ojo grusa grusu, we continue. It’s called democracy,” said Prabowo at his residence on Jalan Kertanegara IV, Jakarta, Wednesday (18/10/2023).

Prabowo’s statement was in response to the question of whether the cawapres declaration would first wait for PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan to return from China or not.

On that occasion, Prabowo also responded to the issue of Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is a PDIP cadre, joining the Golkar Party. He only gave a thumbs up gesture from inside the car and did not make the slightest comment in response to questions from the media crew.

Previously, Chairman of the Golkar Party Expert Council, Agung Laksono, admitted that he had heard the news that Prabowo’s vice presidential candidate was from the Golkar Party. Agung said that even if he was not from Golkar, he would have been ‘Golkarized’ first.

“I heard that there is a commitment that the slot for KIM’s vice presidential candidate from the Golkar Party, even if it is not from Golkar, will be ‘Golkarized’ first. This could be through AMPI or other creative mass organizations,” said Agung, quoted from his statement, Tuesday (17/10/2023 ).

Agung said that Golkar was open to Gibran joining the party bearing the banyan tree symbol.

“So this might be a consideration for young people, including Gibran, to join Golkar,” he said.

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