The Largest Campaign Fund, Ridwan Kamil: Big Troops

JAKARTA - The candidate for the Governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil, responded to a statement by the General Elections Commission (KPU) which stated that the Ridwan-Suswono pair campaign funds were the largest compared to Pramono-Rano Karno and Dharma-Kun.

According to him, the value of his campaign funds which reached Rp1 billion based on the initial report of campaign funds (LADK) is a natural thing. This is because the number of parties that are members of the team is very large.

"If we look small it doesn't seem logical, why big? Because the troops are big," Ridwan Kamil told reporters, Monday, September 30.

Despite having large campaign funds, RK emphasized that it would use it honestly. Moreover, there is a strict SOP in the use of these funds and is directly supervised by the Head of the RIDO Winning Team, Ahmad Riza Patria or Ariza.

"We have a very strict SOP by Mr. Ariza, Mr. Secretary, Mr. Asri, how do we control the report. We will be very, very obedient to the principles," said Ridwan Kamil.

Meanwhile, based on the LADK report, the Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana pair had the initial campaign funds of at least IDR 5 million.

Meanwhile, the Pramono Anung-Rano Karno pair had initial campaign funds of Rp. 100 million. The pair funds raised by PDIP and the Hanura Party came from candidate pairs donations.