1Berita English – Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), stated that the party now supports Prabowo Subianto–Gibran Rakabuming Raka due to being treated unfairly by the previous coalition.
“This happened because of the treatment towards the Democratic Party that truly disregarded moral and ethical values that should be upheld,” AHY said during a speech on the theme of “Welfare for All” at Hotel El Royale, Bandung, West Java, as reported by CNN Indonesia on Friday (12/11).
Before supporting Prabowo-Gibran, the Democratic Party was a supporting party for Anies Baswedan along with PKS and NasDem. They later decided to withdraw their support after Anies and NasDem collaborated with PKB and made Muhaimin Iskandar their vice-presidential candidate.
AHY is confident that the public knows and understands why the Democratic Party is now supporting Prabowo-Gibran in the 2024 Presidential Election.
AHY also does not want to dwell on it. It is better to focus on facing the 2024 Elections so that the Democratic Party can optimally pursue the agenda for change and improvement.
He stated that the Democratic Party also agrees to continue good policies.
“And continuing things that are already good, we can still do them in our new place,” said AHY.
He believes that the Democratic Party’s agenda for the next five years can still be implemented even if there are no party members running for president and vice president.
AHY admitted that he has entrusted the Democratic Party’s agenda to Prabowo Subianto as the presidential candidate they support in the 2024 Presidential Election.
“In principle, Mr. Prabowo accommodates the thoughts of the Democratic Party, to carry out the Agenda for Change and Improvement, while continuing things that are already good,” said AHY.
In the 2024 Presidential Election, the Democratic Party is part of the Coalition for Indonesia Forward, along with Gerindra, Golkar, PBB, PAN, Gelora, Garuda, and PSI.
The Coalition for Indonesia Forward supports Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. They are assigned the number 2 on the ballot.
