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Prabowo has political capital to run in 2024 presidential race, but 'not enough to win it'
Among all potential candidates for the 2024 race, Prabowo is currently the strongest contender, given his party chairmanship, his close ties with the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and his lead in the polls.
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Food talks: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) talks to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (right) and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono (center) during the inspection of a location for the National Food Barn Program in Bentuk Jaya village, Kapuas regency, Central Kalimantan. Jokowi has appointed Prabowo to lead the newly established food security project. (Courtesy of Presidential Secretariat/Lukas)
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he Gerindra Party extraordinary congress has again appointed Prabowo Subianto as its chairman, making him a strong potential candidate for the 2024 presidential election, but experts believe more is needed for him to win.
Prabowo, who ran against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the 2014 and 2019 elections, has yet to declare that he will run again in 2024. However, some Gerindra executives have said that the current defense minister would consider the possibility if he garnered support from the party's cadres and the public.
Prabowo in a speech at Saturday’s congress did not publicly address the issue despite all party branch leaders having asked him to run again.
"Prabowo said in the congress that he would make a decision one year or one-and-a-half years before the presidential election," party secretary-general Ahmad Muzani said on Saturday.
Among all potential candidates for the 2024 race, Prabowo is currently the strongest contender, given his party chairmanship, his close ties with the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and his lead in the polls.
He has also become a prominent member in the Jokowi administration as the President recently appointed him to lead the national food security program, a position that in regular circumstances should be under the Agriculture Ministry. He will lead the development of a food estate on 165,000 hectares of land in Pulang Pisau regency in Central Kalimantan.
