China News Agency, Jakarta, August 13 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) At the Congress of the Indonesian Action Party, the third largest party in the Indonesian Congress and one of the ruling coalition parties, the party signed an agreement with the National Awakening Party, another ruling coalition party, on the 13th. , will form an alliance for the 2024 election.
According to the Indonesian Compass News Network on the same day, the day before, Prabowo, chairman of the Greater Indonesia Action Party, stated that he "accepted the proposal of the party cadres" and will participate in the next Indonesian presidential election.
If officially running, this will be Prabowo's third bid for the Indonesian presidency.
In 2014 and 2019, Prabowo twice ran for the Indonesian presidency as the nominee of the Greater Indonesia Action Party against the Democratic Party nominee Joko Widodo, winning both times.
After the 2019 election defeat, Prabowo's Greater Indonesia Action Party joined the ruling coalition, and he himself joined Jokowi's cabinet and was appointed as Indonesia's defense minister.
At present, the Indonesian parliament consists of 9 political parties, including 7 political coalition parties.
With 78 seats, DAP is the third largest party in Congress.
The National Awakening Party, which signed an alliance agreement with the Greater Indonesia Action Party on the same day, has 58 seats and is the fifth largest political party in the Indonesian parliament. The current party chairman, Mu Haimin.
The current Indonesian government, which was sworn in in October 2019, will serve until 2024.
At present, preparations for the new general election have started, and the Greater Indonesia Action Party has registered with the country's Election Commission to participate in the general election.
The official candidates for President and Vice President shall be determined by the Election Commission according to legal procedures.
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