Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Prabowo Subianto officially announced Gibran Rakabuming as the vice presidential candidate who will accompany him. Gibran is the Mayor of Surakarta and the eldest son of President Joko Widodo.
Gibran’s name was announced after a meeting of the general chairs of Prabowo’s Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) party in Kartanegera, Sunday (22/10) evening.
“We have had final discussions by consensus, everyone agreed to nominate Prabowo Subianto as president of KIM, for 2024-2029, and brother Gibran Rakabuming Raka as vice presidential candidate for KIM,” said Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto.
“I think that’s it. The announcement that we have been waiting for, this is also a declaration that we are conveying to the general public and on the 25th, Wednesday we will register with the KPU,” he added.
Apart from Prabowo, those present at the meeting were the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, the General Chair of PAN, Zulkifli Hasan, the General Chair of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, and the General Chair of PBB, Yusril Ihza Mahendra. They were accompanied by the secretaries general and top administrators of each party.
However, Gibran himself was not present at the meeting.
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Originally posted 2023-10-22 12:51:09.