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Opposition-leader AHY bares claws, pitches regime change as party backs his 2024 run
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Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono gives a motivational speech to Democratic Party cadres in West Kalimantan in 2019. (Antara/Jessica Helena Wuysang)
T
he opposition Democratic Party leader Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono made a fresh bid to reinvigorate the party and his political fortune by growing more assertive against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Speaking on Friday at the party’s national-leadership meeting, Agus called for members to ready themselves to act as a driver of change as the party sought to offer alternative solutions to the public’s needs.
“The door to change and reform is wide open. The Democratic Party must become the motor of this change,” Agus told a boisterous crowd in his closing speech.
Often referred to by his initials AHY, Agus said that the Democratic Party was currently building intensive communication with two other parties and seeking to form a political alliance with those which have the same spirit for change.
"The coalition and presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair must meet our criteria and correspond with the heart of the Democratic [Party]’s political struggle in 2024: changes and reform," he said.
Anies-AHY pair?
Agus’ remarks served as "a strong signal” that the Democratic Party is looking to nominate him and pair him with outgoing Jakarta Governor and presidential-hopeful Anies Baswedan, political analyst Ahmad Khoirul Umam of Paramadina University noted.
