Anies Admits That He Will Continue Jokowi's Good Program If He Wins The Presidential Election

Presidential candidate (candidate) number 1, Anies Baswedan, emphasized his readiness to continue the good program of previous Indonesian heads of state, including President Joko Widodo.

He said this when asked for a response regarding the wishes of the Papuan people regarding the sustainability of President Jokowi's program in the hands of the next head of state.

"Actually, the good program will be continued. Because these programs existed from the Bung Karno era, Pak Harto, Pak Habibie, Gus Dur, Mrs. Megawati, then Mr. SBY. All of them have sustainable programs," he said in Sorong, Southwest Papua, Tuesday, January 16, which was confiscated by Antara.

He gave an example of the ongoing program, namely puskesmas, posyandu, which has existed for a long time. Presidential Minister he, every leadership period, always has something new to bring.

"Everything good will be continued," he said.

In addition, he also promised to make Sorong one of the 40 cities to be developed. The goal is for Sorong to be the driving force for the economy in Southwest Papua.

The General Election Commission on Monday, November 13, 2023, appointed three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the 2024 presidential and vice presidential elections.

The results of the draw and determination of the number of participants for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md serial number 3.

The KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule will be on February 14, 2024.