On 13 August 2022, the
Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) and the
National Awakening Party (PKB) signed a declaration charter to form the Great Indonesia Awakening Coalition during the closing of Gerindra’s National Leadership Meeting. On July–August 2023, several parties declared support for
Prabowo Subianto, including the Crescent Star Party (PBB), Aceh Party, and Indonesian People's Wave Party (Gelora). On 13 August 2023, the Golkar Party and National Mandate Party (PAN) joined the coalition, formalized by a joint agreement signed at the Proclamation Manuscript Formulation Museum.
Name change of the coalition On 28 August 2023, Prabowo announced the coalition's new name: "Advanced Indonesia Coalition" (
Koalisi Indonesia Maju).
PKB’s withdrawal from KIM, surging supports On 1 September 2023, the
Garuda Party declared support for Prabowo. On the same day, PKB announced its withdrawal from the coalition and aligned with the
NasDem Party. They reasoned that despite assurances,
Muhaimin Iskandar was not selected as Prabowo's running mate and that the name change of the coalition which now included
Golkar and
PAN was not being informed to the party beforehand. On 2 September 2023,
Gelora Party declared their support for Prabowo as their presidential candidate. Then on 17 September, Prabowo invited chairmans of the member parties to his private residence for a meeting. The meeting includes
Democratic Party ranking members and representatives from
Just and Prosperous People's Party (PRIMA) and
Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). On 14 September 2023, Prabowo also received support from Pro Jokowi Volunteer group (Projo). Projo chairman
Budi Arie Setiadi stated that Prabowo fits the description of the next leader stated by President
Joko Widodo. Projo's support however was viewed with suspicion from analysts as a tacit endorsement from Jokowi and Gibran's vice presidential nomination as the coalition was also discussing about Prabowo's running mate.
Demokrat joins the coalition With the entrance of PKB as a new member of the
Coalition of Change for Unity and the decision by
Anies Baswedan to nominate
Muhaimin Iskandar as his running mate, the
Democratic Party (Demokrat) has decided to withdrew their support towards Anies. Demokrat afterwards opened to give their support to either Prabowo or
Ganjar Pranowo, citing support to Prabowo in the past two presidential elections and support for Ganjar during the
2018 Central Java gubernatorial election. Demokrat leaders including chairman
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and former president
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Prabowo's residence in Hambalang on 17 September 2023 with Prabowo's invitation. Then, the Democratic Party, through its Chairman
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Chief of the Party’s Higher Council
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, officially declared support for Prabowo after withdrawing from the
Coalition for Change. The Democratic Party then solidifies their choice of supporting Prabowo after holding a party convention on 21 September 2023.
Nomination of Gibran as running mate On 13 September 2023, Prabowo announced that he has 4 vice presidential candidates to consider after broad discussion with coalition members. When asked, Prabowo only gave the regions where the four candidates are from, which are West Java, Central Java, East Java and outside of Java.
Fahri Hamzah hinted that one of the candidates is a woman.
PAN has earlier declared for Thohir as their vice presidential candidate, while
Golkar picked their chairman
Airlangga Hartarto to be Prabowo's running mate. After Demokrat joined the coalition, many speculated that
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono will also be a potential running mate for Prabowo due to him being formerly considered as a running mate by
Anies Baswedan prior to their withdrawal of support. However, Demokrat assured the coalition that they will respect the choices of those who joined prior and will focus on getting Prabowo to win. Yudhoyono himself stated that he named Khofifah as their vice presidential nominee instead. On 26 September 2023, PBB proposed Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Mayor of Surakarta and son of President Joko Widodo, as Prabowo’s running mate, despite age limitations in the electoral law. On 16 October 2023, the
Constitutional Court ruled that a candidate under 40 could run if they have been elected to public office. This led to
Golkar's endorsement to Gibran's candidacy despite previously named their chairman
Airlangga Hartarto as Prabowo's running mate on 21 October. Gibran also visited Demokrat chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono to seek support. While Demokrat politicians stated that they will likely give support, former president
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tweeted that they will await Prabowo's final decision. On 24 October 2023, the
Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) became the final party to join the coalition. On 25 October 2023, the Prabowo–Gibran pair officially registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU). == History ==