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4 KIM Political Parties Considered Likely to Nominate Vice Presidential Candidates to Replace Gibran

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Presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 2 Prabowo Subianto (left) and Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right) arriving at the Fourth Presidential Debate 2024 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, Sunday (21/1/2024). The Fourth Presidential Debate 2024 addressed themes related to sustainable development, natural resources, environment, energy, food, agrarian issues, indigenous peoples, and villages.(ANTARA FOTO/M RISYAL HIDAYAT)

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Executive Director of Trias Politika Indonesia, Agung Baskoro, believes that four political parties within the United Indonesia Coalition (KIM) have the opportunity to propose names for the vice presidential candidate to replace Gibran Rakabuming Raka to President Prabowo Subianto.

It is known that KIM is the coalition that supported the Prabowo-Gibran ticket in the 2024 presidential election, consisting of Gerindra Party, Golkar Party, Democratic Party, PAN, PBB, PSI, Gelora Party, Garuda Party, and PRIMA Party.

"From this presidential pair, the supporting parties are Gerindra, Golkar, PAN, and Democrat. These four parties have the chance to send names to the President to replace Mr. Gibran," Agung said, as quoted from Kompas TV's Breaking News program on Thursday (12/11/2026).

From Gerindra, he sees three names with potential: MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, and Minister of Human Development and Cultural Affairs (Menko PMK) Sugiono.

For Golkar Party, he believes that the name of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources could be put forward to Prabowo.

"In PAN, it could be Mr. Zulhas (Zulkifli Hasan). What about Democrat? Automatically, it would be Mr. AHY (Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono)," Agung added.

However, he noted that there is still a possibility for individuals outside of these six names to be proposed as Prabowo's vice presidential candidate.

"I think that opportunity is still there. Because we hope that technocrats or professionals will emerge, as I mentioned earlier, to address various and complex issues in the country, especially economic issues, legal issues, forest fires, and so on," Agung said.

Instagram Ketua MPR Ahmad Muzani @ahmadmuzani2 MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani along with other MPR leaders received Gibran Rakabuming Raka's resignation letter from the Vice Presidency at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta, Thursday (12/11/2026).

Prabowo Asked to Submit Two Vice Presidential Candidates

MPR RI Chairman Ahmad Muzani stated that Prabowo has 14 days to submit two names for vice president following the submission of Gibran's resignation letter.

"The deadline from the President to provide two names starts from the issuance of the MPR's request to submit two vice presidential candidates, which is 14 days," Muzani said at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday (12/11/2026).

Previously, the MPR received Gibran's resignation letter as Vice President on Thursday (12/11/2026) afternoon.

"Mr. Gibran requested that the People's Consultative Assembly expedite the processing of this letter. And today, the leadership of the assembly will soon hold a leadership meeting to follow up on this resignation," he stated.

Subsequently, the MPR will hold a joint meeting involving the MPR faction leaders and DPD groups to respond to this letter.

"According to the Constitution, we have a maximum of 60 days from the resignation to appoint a definitive Vice President to replace Mr. Gibran. Starting now, the MPR has 60 days to prepare for this process," Muzani concluded.