With A Popularity Capital For Campaigns, Uya Kuya: No Need For Money

Uya Kuya and Astrid Kuya (Instagram @king_uyakuya)

JAKARTA - Artist Uya Kuya said that she did not spend much money campaigning as a candidate for legislature for the Jakarta 2 electoral district, such as the singer Once Mekel.

Uya admitted that she did not spend a lot of money because she already had a community and basis that helped her in gathering the masses during the campaign.

"I am because we already have a community and have a base, we don't spend a lot of money like the others because we already have popularity, we already have a name," said Uya Kuya in the Kebayoran area, South Jakarta, Monday, February 26.

The former Tofu vocal group member is not like other legislative candidates who have to provide financial assistance of up to hundreds of thousands per person in order to gather the crowd.

"To meet the community, we don't need to spend people's money, if we gather people, we have to spend 100 thousand per person. We collect people, we don't need to spend money. People have already gathered," he explained.

For this 48-year-old man, his big name and popularity as an artist are the main capital to be able to collect up to 47 thousand votes of more than 60 percent of the votes from the Jakarta 2 electoral district.