Electoral Alliance for Whom?

The basic question that political parties must answered is, who are they actually forming an alliance for? To fulfill the ambitions of their general chairman and party elites, for financial backers, or for the people?

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Chairman of the National Democratic Party (Nasdem) Surya Paloh (left) and Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (right) after holding a meeting at the Nasdem Party Headquarters, Nasdem Tower, Jakarta, Thursday (23/6/2022). The meeting between Surya Paloh and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is one of the steps towards exploring an inter-party coalition by 2024. Several other parties, such as PKS and Golkar, have explored with the Nasdem Party.

In heading towards the 2024 presidential election, political parties are continuing to explore the possibility of forming electoral alliances. Each party has a strategy and does not want to be careless and make the wrong move.

The election of the new president and vice president will take place on 14 Feb. 2024. However, the candidate registration period starts on 7 Oct. 2023 and will run until 14 Oct. 2023, or will take place in around 14 months. The political parties do not want to be late.