PKS: Gatot Nurmantyo Must Begin to Approach Political Parties
11 March 2018 12:20 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Mardani Ali Sera appreciated the plan of the National White Shawl Volunteer (RSPN) to declare the former TNI Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo as a 2019 presidential candidate. According to Mardani, after his supporters declared their support, Gatot must move to the next step.
“Mr. Gatot should start approaching the political parties,” Mardani told Tempo on Saturday, March 10.
Head of RSPN Media and Information Ahmad Ahyar claimed the volunteer team has been exploring to political parties, one of it is the PKS.
Mardani welcomes if Gatot enters the political sphere. According to Mardani, his party indeed has been in good relations with Gatot, the four-star TNI officer who retired early in April.
Related to the possibility of PKS nominating Gatot Nurmantyo in a political contest next year, Mardani said his party would deliberate all candidates that his party might carry.
“Although for now, the PKS focuses on the nine internal cadres who are recommended by the Syuro Council on January 14, to be the Presidential or Vice Presidential Candidate,” he said.
CAESAR AKBAR