Indonesia
Major parties have largely brushed aside the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep's decision to run for a legislative seat in the next race in 2029, a move that analysts say reflects the party’s serious push to break into the House of Representatives.
Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chair Kaesang Pangarep (right) puts a party jacket on former Nasdem Party politician Rusdi Masse (left) on Jan. 29 during the opening of the PSI's national working meeting in Makassar, South Sulawesi. (Antara/Hasrul Said)
Major political parties have largely brushed aside the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Kaesang Pangarep's decision to run for a legislative seat in the next race in 2029, a move that analysts say reflects the party’s serious push to break into the House of Representatives.Kaesang, the youngest son of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, announced his early bid last Saturday that will mark his electoral debut since he first entered politics in 2023, when he joined PSI and was named chairman days later.
The 31-year-old entrepreneur-turned-politician will contest for a seat from Central Java's electoral district V, which includes his hometown Surakarta, where his father and brother, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, once served as mayor.
