The DPP PAN will announce Hatta Radjasa as vice presidential candidate to pair up with Prabowo.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The National Mandate Party (PAN) plans to name Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Radjasa as presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively, in its national working meeting on Wednesday.

Chairman of PAN Central Executive Board (DPP), Viva Yoga, who is also PANs successful team coordinator, said here on Tuesday that PANs General Chairman Hatta Radjasa would pair up with presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

Prabowo Subianto is the presidential candidate and chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra).

"The DPP PAN will announce Hatta Radjasa as vice presidential candidate to pair up with Prabowo. The candidature of Hatta will be announced at a national working committee meeting," he said.

He stated that Prabowo would attend the day-long PAN national working meeting on Wednesday (May 14).

The PAN meeting would also discuss PANs mission and vision and the platform of the coalition, Viva explained.

In the meantime, Hatta Radjasa will tender his resignation to pursue his candidature in the July 9 election, party member Hakam Naja stated on Tuesday.

"PANs national meeting next Wednesday will announce our plan to form a coalition with the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party. Hatta Radjasa will be the vice presidential candidate accompanying presidential candidate from Gerindra Let Gen (ret) Prabowo Subianto," noted the Deputy Chief of Commission II at the parliament.

According to Hakam, Gerindra and PAN had conducted intensive discussion during the past few days before deciding to form a coalition for the upcoming presidential election.

He also expressed hope that the other political parties, such as the Development United Party (PPP) and the Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) will join the Gerindra-PAN coalition.

Earlier, an official from the Gerindra party Riza Patria remarked that Prabowo Subianto is seeking a running mate with strong electability.

"Prabowo Subiantos running mate should have strong electability and we will support whoever he is," Riza affirmed.

Regarding a shadow cabinet, Patria stated that the party had not yet discussed it.

"Our focus is still on a coalition for the presidential election. Only after that will the other programs be taken up," he added.

Based on the result of the parliamentary election held on April 9, none of the 13 political parties have been able to gain 25 percent of the national votes. Due to their failure to win majority votes in the legislative elections, the parties will have to form a coalition to be able to meet the presidential threshold.

So far, only the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has announced that it will form a coalition with the National Democrat (Nasdem) Party. Other parties have not yet declared whether they will join the PDIP-Nasdem coalition or form a new alliance. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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