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A recent meeting between opposition presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti has led to speculation that he is considering her as his running mate, a notion that has split, yet again, the three-way alliance backing his candidacy.
After trying to convey the grievances of market sellers in Jakarta during his blusukan (impromptu visit) over the weekend to city officials, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has been accused of overstepping his authority.
The Coalition for Change, a political alliance between the Democratic Party, the NasDem Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), is turning heads as current internal dynamics have mounted questions about the fate of the coalition. At the center of these dynamics is the coalition’s presidential candidate Anies Baswedan, who remains committed to the February 2024 race despite holding a ticket that hangs in the balance.
The opposition party appears to be changing its tune after progressively ramping up its criticisms of the government, possibly because of Anies' stagnant electability as well as Jokowi's consistently strong ratings, analysts suggest.
Democratic Party secretary-general Teuku Riefky Harsya said in a statement published on Wednesday that in the past three and a half years, there had only been four meetings involving Democratic Party chief patron and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and the party's chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, with President Jokowi.
The arrest of senior NasDem Party member and communications and information minister Johnny G. Plate on corruption charges may put the party and the electoral alliance it built to back opposition figure Anies Baswedan in a vulnerable position heading into the upcoming elections.
Less than a month after leaving pro-government Gerindra Party, former vice-presidential candidate in 2019, Sandiaga Uno, hinted at his interest in joining the opposition Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which revealed the possibility of pairing him with its presidential candidate Anies Baswedan in 2024.
With negotiations still ongoing to determine Anies Baswedan’s running mate for 2024, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD recently revealed that he had discussions with Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Ahmad Syaikhu to fill that position.
