PDI-P Decision to Back Ganjar Can Change Alliance
The electoral alliances among political parties for the 2024 presidential election is expected to change afterPDI-P decided to back Ganjar Pranowo as its presidential candidate. The existing alliances can change.
From left, PDIP DPP Chairperson Puan Maharani, PDIP Presidential Candidate Candidate Ganjar Pranowo, PDIP General Chairperson Megawati Soekarno Putri, and President Joko Widodo, pose for a group photo after the announcement of the PDIP presidential candidate held at the Batutulis Palace, Bogor City, West Java, Friday (21 /4/2023).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The configuration of political alliances in contesting the 2024 presidential election is predicted to change after the the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) announced it would back Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo as its presidential candidate. The signal that the configuration would change strengthened after a number of political parties said they would meet to address the latest political dynamics.
Cyrus Network founder Hasan Nasbi said the PDI-P’s decision to back Ganjar was a political and most definitive decision so far in the constellation for the 2024 presidential election. The reason was that to back Ganjar, the PDI-P did not need to form an alliance with other parties because it fulfilled the requirements of the presidential nomination threshold.