**PKS Officially Nominates Anies Baswedan-Sohibul Iman in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada** Previously, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) officially nominated Anies Baswedan and Sohibul Imam as the prospective governor (cagub) and deputy governor (cawagub) candidates to run in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. This was announced by PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu in his speech at the Party Leadership School titled ‘Continuing to Defend the People’ at the Grand Sahid Hotel, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Previously, PDIP DPP Chairperson Eriko Sotarduga suggested that if their party collaborates with PKB to support Anies Baswedan in the Jakarta Pilkada, they propose the gubernatorial seat in East Java to PDIP. “For example, in Jakarta, if PKB is the gubernatorial candidate, may PDIP be the gubernatorial candidate in East Java? Sure, it’s not a barter, but that’s what cooperation means, we can’t achieve everything on our own, we must work together,” stated Eriko at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on June 25, 2024.

“The party leaders regularly meet, but I think in the near future, there will be more specific discussions,” stated PAN Secretary General Eddy Soeparno at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on June 26, 2024. According to him, the sooner a decision is made on the candidate to be nominated for the Jakarta Pilkada, the better. “Because the longer it takes, the closer it gets to the time we have to decide, and for us, deciding quickly is better because we have time to socialize the candidate pair,” said Eddy. He also hopes that the decision on the candidate pair from the political parties (parpol) of the Coalition for Indonesia’s Future (KIM) in Jakarta can be made in July. “Hopefully, if given a deadline, I think this is a process and political dialogue cannot be given a time limit, so we also want to propose a definitive name as soon as possible,” said Eddy.

“The PKS Central Executive Board (DPP) in a meeting on Thursday decided to nominate Mr. Anies Rasyid Baswedan as the prospective governor candidate and Mr. Sohibul Iman as the prospective deputy governor candidate,” stated Syaikhu. He explained that the PKS Central Executive Board’s (DPP) decision to nominate Anies and Sohibul Iman in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada was based on suggestions from the PKS Jakarta Regional Executive Board (DPW). “I have received a letter from the Jakarta DPW structure that has nominated the Jakarta governor candidate to the DPP PKS, followed by the Jakarta deputy governor candidate to the DPP PKS. Among them is a letter requesting approval and determination of Mr. Anies Rasyid Baswedan and Mr. Mohammad Sohibul Iman as the governor and deputy governor candidates of Jakarta,” stated Syaikhu.

**Mapping KIM’s Rivals** Habiburokhman mentioned that it is difficult to map out KIM’s rivals in Jakarta. He also questioned whether it is certain that there will be a party joining PKS. “So it’s difficult to map out, whether there will be another party joining or not,” stated Habiburokhman. However, according to him, this is different with Gerindra, where they will try their best to cooperate with the parties in KIM to endorse Ridwan Kamil. “But for the Gerindra Party in Jakarta, we will try our best to build communication, especially with the KIM parties and also parties outside of it,” he stated. “We are intensifying this as the time gets closer, we cannot delay this, and a name must appear soon,” said Habiburokhman.

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Previously, Deputy Chairman of the Gerindra Party, Habiburokhman, assessed that the Anies-Muhaimin candidate pair endorsed by PKS is also not yet certain to run in the Jakarta Pilkada. “Actually, the PKS declaration yesterday has not met the quota for candidacy, so we do not yet count Anies and Sohibul as definitive candidates,” stated Habiburokhman at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday.

“Whether through the civil service, retired military and police, socio-cultural groups, professional groups such as doctors, cultural figures, engineers, agricultural experts, and all other professionals can join PDIP,” said Hasto.

Huda reminded that the Jakarta Pilkada is very fluid and nothing is fixed yet, including PKS, even though they are the winners of the Jakarta Legislative Election, but they cannot nominate on their own. “Nominating two figures at once as governor and deputy governor candidates, that’s in terms of political etiquette for a party that already has a golden ticket, has 20 percent. Now, we know our PKS friends did win in the last legislative election. But they haven’t exceeded 20 percent because they only have 18 seats while the 20 percent is 22 seats,” stated. “So in my opinion, this model of hoarding figures for a party that doesn’t meet and doesn’t have a golden ticket is dangerous, dangerous,” he said.