Jokowi's son Kaesang to meet with Prabowo amid alliance speculation

Indonesian Solidarity Party chairman Kaesang Pangarep delivers a speech on Sept 25, 2023, after he was officiated as the party chairman in a party meeting in Jakarta. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesia Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep is set to meet with Gerindra Party counterpart Prabowo Subianto amid speculation that the former’s party will officially endorse the latter’s presidential bid.

“Insya Allah [God Willing] I will meet with [Prabowo],” Kaesang said on Tuesday (Oct 10) in response to reporters’ inquiries.

“We are a new party, just established in 2014. We need to have friendly relations with big parties.” The meeting would come after Kaesang, the youngest son of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, and his entourage of PSI executives, met with Puan Maharani, senior politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Kaesang took over the party’s top post just two days after joining the PSI, a small party claiming to represent the youth. He has then been embarking on an intense political tour, meeting with leaders of various parties and other prominent figures.