Prabowo, Megawati cozy up ahead of 2024 election

House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (left) poses alongside her mother, former president Megawati Soekarnoputri (centre), and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace in this photo posted on Puan's Twitter on Nov 18, 2021.- Courtesy of Puan Maharani via Twitter

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): A recent encounter between the leaders of the Gerindra Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has once again set off a social media buzz, with pundits suggesting that an alliance between the parties is in the cards as they seek to improve their chances of winning in the 2024 elections.

In a photo published last week on House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani’s Twitter account, she, Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto and PDI-P matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri sit together in a waiting room at the Presidential Palace, smiling behind their face masks.