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Gerindra, PKS agree on 'spiritual coalition': Campaign team
Ready for the fight: Would-be-candidates for the Jakarta governor and deputy governor position pose together with the head of the Gerindra Party regional executive board in Jakarta, Mohamad Taufik (center) after a meeting in Jakarta on Friday
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Ready for the fight: Would-be-candidates for the Jakarta governor and deputy governor position pose together with the head of the Gerindra Party regional executive board in Jakarta, Mohamad Taufik (center) after a meeting in Jakarta on Friday. Among those attending the meeting were House of Representatives member Biem Benjamin, musician Ahmad Dhani, businessman Mischa Hasnaeni Moein, urban planning expert Marco Kusumawijaya and Jakart Legislative Council member Mohamad Sanusi. (Kompas.com/Alsadad Rudi) (center) after a meeting in Jakarta on Friday. Among those attending the meeting were House of Representatives member Biem Benjamin, musician Ahmad Dhani, businessman Mischa Hasnaeni Moein, urban planning expert Marco Kusumawijaya and Jakart Legislative Council member Mohamad Sanusi. (Kompas.com/Alsadad Rudi)
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span class="inline inline-center">Ready for the fight: Would-be-candidates for the Jakarta governor and deputy governor position pose together with the head of the Gerindra Party regional executive board in Jakarta, Mohamad Taufik (center) after a meeting in Jakarta on Friday. Among those attending the meeting were House of Representatives member Biem Benjamin, musician Ahmad Dhani, businessman Mischa Hasnaeni Moein, urban planning expert Marco Kusumawijaya and Jakart Legislative Council member Mohamad Sanusi. (Kompas.com/Alsadad Rudi)
The head of the Gerindra Party's Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign team, Syarif, has confirmed the party has not yet formed a coalition with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) for the 2017 election, as previously stated by the head of the PKS Jakarta executive board (DPD), Syakir Purnomo.
Syarif said a Gerindra -PKS coalition would only be confirmed during the registration of Jakarta governor-deputy governor candidate pairs at the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD).
'Pak Syakir's statement is correct. The discussion of the Gerindra Party-PKS coalition is not yet complete. The coalition will be final, de jure, only after Jakarta governor-deputy governor candidate pairs are registered with the KPUD,' said Syarif as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday.
Nevertheless, Syarif said, Gerindra had always had good relations with the PKS; thus, informally, the two parties actually had built a 'coalition'. He added that Gerindra in Jakarta had suggested that the party's central executive board set up a coalition with the PKS.
'It can be said that currently, the Gerindra Party and the PKS have only established a coalition in spirit. The real coalition will be decided by their respective central executive boards,' said Syarif.
Earlier, Syakir denied that his party had set up a coalition with Gerindra for the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election. So far, he said, the PKS had only approached other parties, including Gerindra.
'The PKS will continuously strive to build communication and strengthen the bonds of relationship with all parties. We have met with officials of the Jakarta chapter of the Gerindra Party to strengthen our bonds of friendship. Next time, we may do the same thing with officials of other parties, such as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle [PDI-P], Golkar Party and the Democratic Party,' said Syakir on Tuesday.
Syakir's statement contradicted Gerindra's Jakarta head Mohamad Taufik's claim that his party had already agreed on a coalition with the PKS. He said the coalition was part of Gerindra's plan to set up a major coalition for the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. (ebf)
