PADANG: The Prosperous Justice Party has received vociferous opposition from supporters over a possible coalition with the Golkar Party or the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the presidential election, says party chairman Tifatul Sembiring.
"They want the party to ally with the Democratic Party. This comes from our constituents and party members at the grassroots level," he said after campaigning at the Imam Bonjol field in the city on Wednesday.
PKS members did not want any of their top leaders running as a sidekick to PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.
"As for Golkar, the PKS should keep its clean image, because so far, no PKS members have been jailed for graft cases, while Golkar is still at odds over its presidential and vice presidential candidates," he said. He added the party had eight prominent members who could possibly contest the presidency, including Hidayat Nur Wahid, Anis Matta and Irwan Prayitno.
Tifatul said that after the legislative elections, his party would give top priority to forming a coalition with other Islamic parties to contest the presidential election. - JP
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