Not Proposing Ridwan Kamil To Be Ganjar's Vice Presidential Candidate, Golkar: Want To Governor In West Java Or DKI?

Ridwan Kamil and the General Chair of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto. (photo: dock. golkar)

JAKARTA - The Golkar Party has confirmed that it will not propose former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil to become a vice presidential candidate to accompany Ganjar Pranowo. Golkar actually gave its cadres the option to run for the West Java Pilkada or the DKI Jakarta Pilkada. "Regarding Ridwan Kamil, we also have a planning. At that time we had decided to encourage RK to become a candidate for governor, later we just have to choose him, between West Java again or DKI Jakarta," said Golkar Party DPP chairman Ahmad Doli Kurnia at the DPR Building, Monday, September 11. Doli emphasized that until now there have been no changes related to the 2024 presidential election, namely still encouraging the General Chairperson of Golkar Airlangga Hartarto as a presidential or vice presidential candidate according to the National Conference's decision. Meanwhile, Ridwan Kamil is still in the Pilkada planning. "Even if there is another decision, even then the authority of Pak Airlangga, which we have given the full mandate to our general chairman, is to determine the final position of determining the presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs," he said. Regarding the meeting between Ridwan Kamil and PDI-P General Chair Megawati, the chairman of Commission II of the DPR believes that it is just an ordinary meeting.

"Yes, silaturahim, it's normal, yes, after all, I also met Mr. Zulkifli Hasan several times. So if we have communication with other political parties, there are no problems, and Mr. RK also reported it to Mr. Airlangga at that time," said Doli.