REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Chairman of Prosperous Justice Party (PPP), Anis Matta, said PKS would join coalition with other political parties. The maneuvre is necessary even it wins 20 percent of the votes in upcoming elections, which will allow it to nominate its own presidential candidate.

"PKS must join with others because Indonesia is a big country. It is impossible for us to have no coalition. PKS will remain in need of a coalition," Anis said on the sidelines of PKS campaign rallies in Lampung Province on Saturday.

He said that all political parties were aware of the need to join together, but this could only be decided after the results of the April 9 legislative elections have been announced.

"The legislative elections will decide the political map. PKS will talk about presidential candidates after the results of the legislative elections have been made clear," Anis Matta asserted.

He further stated that his party was open to join with any political party. Based on national surveys, PKS has returned to a position in which it could receive a large number of votes, and the past two months has seen an increase in its electability across the country.

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