The Jakarta gubernatorial election is one of the races where parties have been busily switching sides and forging partnerships to allow them to nominate a candidate for governor, as no parties meet the nomination threshold of controlling 20 percent of the seats in the local legislature.

But the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM), which consists of parties that backed president-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice-president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka in the February election, is preparing to endorse former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil for the Jakarta race.

Last week, the Golkar Party, a member of the coalition, acceded to other members’ wishes to nominate Ridwan for the governorship of Jakarta, even though it meant not taking advantage of Ridwan’s higher polling figures for reelection in West Java.

The KIM also plans to form a broader alliance called “KIM plus” with other parties, including three prospective backers of Anies Baswedan, putting his potential bid for governor of the capital at risk despite him being the most popular hopeful among Jakartans. The alliance suggests that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the NasDem Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) might switch to supporting Ridwan for the position instead.

Anies and his team were not immediately available for comment.

Consisting of four major parties in the national legislature – de facto coalition leader the Gerindra Party, Golkar, the Democratic Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN) – as well as several other parties not represented in the legislature, the KIM has endorsed Gerindra politician Dedi Mulyadi for governor of West Java in place of Ridwan.