Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) President Almuzzammil Yusuf has\nresponded to the proposal for forming a permanent coalition to support\nPresident Prabowo Subianto, as put forward by Golkar.<\/p>\n
Muzammil stated that PKS has not yet decided whether it will join the\ncoalition. He affirmed only that PKS currently remains among the parties\nsupporting the Prabowo Subianto government.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt present we are focused on this coalition, striving for President\nPrabowo\u2019s success,\u201d he said after attending an iftar gathering hosted by\nNasDem Party in Jakarta on Thursday, 19 February 2026.<\/p>\n
Muzammil said a significant decision of this nature cannot be made\nhastily. Within PKS, he explained, there is a shura council plenary\nmeeting mechanism that must be followed before the party can take a\nposition on any particular political proposition.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Muzammil took the view that the idea of building a\npermanent coalition must be approached with caution. In his assessment,\nany coalition that is formed \u2014 including a permanent one \u2014 must be\ncapable of uniting two things: the will of the people and the desires of\nthe elite.<\/p>\n
He warned that elite decisions that fail to accommodate the people\u2019s\nwill are dangerous to national unity. Muzammil then raised the protests\nthat erupted in Jakarta last August, which ended in unrest, as an\nexample of what happens when elite decisions are not aligned with the\nwishes of the public.<\/p>\n
Muzammil also drew comparisons with uprisings that led to the fall of\ngovernments in Nepal and Bulgaria, suggesting that similar events could\noccur in Indonesia if the elite fail to uphold public aspirations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe August protests, the protests in Nepal, in Bulgaria \u2014 I think we\nshould learn from them. That governments everywhere, nations everywhere\nin the world, must uphold public aspirations. So that there is a link\nand match between the desires of the elite and the desires of the\npublic, if built together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Besides speaking with NasDem Chairman Surya Paloh as host, Muzammil\nalso met several other political party leaders at the event, including\nGerindra Daily Chairman Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, PDI-P Central Executive Board\nChairwoman Puan Maharani, PKB Deputy Chairman Jazilul Fawaid, and Golkar\nTreasurer Sari Yuliati.<\/p>\n
The permanent coalition proposal was first put forward by Golkar at\nits First National Leadership Meeting on Saturday, 20 December 2025. The\nparty, led by Bahlil Lahadalia, has since been opening channels of\ncommunication with political parties supporting the Prabowo Subianto\ngovernment in order to realise the formation of the permanent\ncoalition.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/on-permanent-coalition-pks-president-raises-august-protests-1771642932", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }