Indonesia\u2019s seventh president, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), has recently\nstruck a different tone on the prospect of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran\nRakabuming Raka running together in the 2029 presidential election,\nsaying that discussion of the election is premature.<\/p>\n
In September 2025, Jokowi openly acknowledged that he had instructed\nvolunteers from Bara JP to support a second term for the Prabowo-Gibran\nadministration. He said he had given the instruction from the\noutset.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the beginning, I told all the volunteers to do that [support\nPrabowo-Gibran for two terms],\u201d Jokowi said when asked about Bara JP\nvolunteers\u2019 statement that they had been directed to support a second\nterm, detikJateng reported on Friday (19 September 2025).<\/p>\n
At the time, Jokowi stressed that he had indeed instructed the\nvolunteers to support the Prabowo-Gibran administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I did instruct them to support President Prabowo-Gibran\u2019s\nadministration for two terms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, when asked whether Prabowo and Gibran might run again in the\n2029 presidential election, Jokowi declined to elaborate.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Do you support them for two terms?] I told the volunteers that,\nbecause they asked,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
A similar account was given in June 2026 by Bestari Barus, a member\nof the Central Executive Board of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI).\nBestari said Jokowi had asked PSI members and supporters to stand behind\nPresident Prabowo Subianto and Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming\nRaka.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told us that we were being asked to support Prabowo-Gibran, even\nfor two terms. So the allegations about there being \u2018two suns\u2019 are\nslander. How can there be two suns? It\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d Bestari told\nreporters on Friday (18 June 2026).<\/p>\n
Bestari said Jokowi delivered the message during a meeting in Solo.\nHe said Jokowi had urged them to maintain harmony and support the\nPrabowo-Gibran administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also left me with a message today: maintain harmony internally.\nAnd remind our colleagues wherever they are to support the\nPrabowo-Gibran pair\u2014whatever this talk of another sun is about,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Jokowi now says the election is still a long way\noff<\/strong><\/p>\n More recently, Jokowi made a different remark when asked about\nsupporting a second Prabowo-Gibran term, saying that the election was\nstill a long way off.<\/p>\n \u201cThe election is still a long way off,\u201d Jokowi said, detikJateng\nreported on Friday (9 October 2026). He was responding to a question\nabout whether he supported Prabowo-Gibran for a second term.<\/p>\n Pressed further, Jokowi repeated that the election was still far\naway. He said everyone was currently working for the public.<\/p>\n \u201c2029 is still a long way off. Everyone should get on with their\nwork, whether in politics or government\u2014work for the people,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>",
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