Second Indonesian political alliance formed amid jockeying for 2024 elections

Gerindra Party's members queue to enter the venue of the national meeting of its leaders as a picture of Prabowo Subianto is seen in the background, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, August 12, 2022. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Aug 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia's second-largest party Gerindra and largest Islamic party National Awakening Party (PKB) declared a political alliance on Saturday (Aug 13), the second such coalition formed for the 2024 election.

The two parties, whose alliance was named the "Great Indonesia-Awakening Coalition", gave the mandate to their respective chairmen to pick candidates for the country's top posts.