PIKIRAN RAKYAT - The Chairman of the Partai Demokrat, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), received the Chairman of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, at Puri Cikeas, Bogor Regency, West Java, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, evening.

During the meeting, Airlangga Hartarto spent an hour with AHY and the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia. In a subsequent media briefing, AHY disclosed details of the conversation between the Chairman of Golkar and SBY.

"If I may quote the conversation inside, Pak Airlangga started with the words, "Politics is the art of possibility.' In politics and in life, everything has possibilities," AHY said.

AHY acknowledged that while there are many possibilities, both the Golkar and Demokrat respect their political positions, with the banyan tree symbol parties colliding in the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB) and the Mercy symbol party forming a coalition in the Coalition for Change.

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AHY further revealed that the Democratic Party has been in intense communication with NasDem and PKS over the past six months to find common ground in their vision and mission for the 2024 General Elections.

"The Coalition for Change has signed the charter; that is what applies as of today. However, I want to reiterate to all my friends that the presence of Pak Airlangga and Golkar is certainly a part of productive communication," AHY explained.

AHY and Airlangga are both hopeful that intensive communication will lead to finding solutions to the possibility of forming a strong bond between the parties.

"We hope that this communication will continue to improve, and if we are asked whether we can work together, the answer is yes." "If our goal is good and we want to make changes and improve the situation in this country, everything is possible," AHY said.

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Similarly, Airlangga, the Chairman of Golkar, stated that Golkar is an open party that communicates with all parties for the nation's interests.

"Earlier, in terms of party cooperation, the Golkar Party, as one of the election winners, is open to communicating with all political parties." "Alhamdulillah, we can," Airlangga said.

Airlangga further emphasized that Golkar is a party that can determine its own destiny without being limited by short-term political interests.

"That's what we mean by inclusiveness. We will do what is best for Indonesia by working together. We may have our differences until the 14th, but after that, we will unite again," he concluded.***