Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar considers the statement by the Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan who publicly announced his party’s support for reelection bid of President Prabowo Subianto in the 2029 election as too hasty.
Muhaimin, who is also Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment in Prabowo’s Red-and-White Cabinet, said that Zulkifli Hasan's statement was too early because the cabinet had only been running for about half a year.
In a post-Ramadhan celebration event in Jakarta on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Zulkifli said that PAN would continue to support Prabowo if he wanted to run again as President. However, he gave a signal that he would not fully support Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
"I also said to pak Prabowo, 'Pak, my party is big. That's the most important thing. If it's about presidential candidacy, [you just] go ahead. If it's a vice presidential (position), we'll talk about it (first)'. Yes, we'll talk," Zulkifli said.
He said further that the decision was taken because PAN is a true ally of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Prabowo's party, and that PAN will continue to support Prabowo.
"We just won, right? If we fight for 15 years, then fight again. If necessary until 2045, said pak Yandri Susanto (Minister of Villages and Underdeveloped Regions)," Zulkifli said.
Gerindra, on the other hand, decided in February to re-nominate Prabowo as president in the 2029 Presidential Election.
Zulkifli also gave the opportunity for his cadres who wanted to run as vice presidential candidates in the 2029 election.
"PAN is open. PAN cadres from anywhere and ministers are welcome if they have the desire and sincerity," he concluded.
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