Golkar Targets To Win 60 Percent In The 2020 Pilkada, Airlangga: For The Capital Of The 2024 Presidential Election

General Chairman of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Twitter @airlangga_hrt)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPP Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto said that the implementation of the Golkar Party's 56th Anniversary in 2020 will focus on supporting the government and society in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Airlangga Hartarto conveyed this when he launched the Health Protocol (3M) Socialization movement at the 2020 simultaneous regional elections in Jakarta, Saturday, October 17. When launching the 3M movement, a number of Golkar Party DPP officials were present including Secretary General of the Golkar Party DPP Lodewijk F Paulus, General Treasurer of the Golkar Party DPP Dito Ganinduto and Deputy General Chairmen of the Golkar Party DPP including, Bambang Soesatyo, Azis Syamsuddin, Kahar Muzakir, Roem Kono and Nurul Arifin.

In addition, there were also the Head of the Organizing Committee for the 56th Anniversary of the Golkar Party, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, the Chair of the Steering Committee for the 56th Anniversary of the Golkar Party, Meutya Hafid, and the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the 56th Anniversary of the Golkar Party, Gatot Sudariyono.

The event, which was held in the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) area, still followed the health protocol rules for preventing COVID-19. The participants who attended were also given a series of medical tests upon entering the venue.

"The theme this time was to recover health, economic rise and election win. We know the situation COVID 19th, the campaign should be done 3M, ie hand washing, wearing masks and keep a distance," said Airlangga quoted by Antara.

According to Airlangga, the theme raised by the Golkar Party at this year's anniversary is relevant to the situation faced by the Indonesian nation. Therefore, he wants to promote these programs by distributing 4 million masks and providing a yellow clinic for people to do swab tests.

"We will succeed in the 2020 Pilkada even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the 3M movement, only masks can be distributed. The other two, namely maintaining distance and washing hands, cannot be shared," he said.

Airlangga quoted the results of observations by the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) which stated that masks were mostly used as campaign material. This is because it is directly related to the limited meeting campaign method which is mostly held.

Based on the data from Bawaslu's supervision, one of the series of Golkar Party anniversary commemoration is to carry out the 3M Movement (wearing a mask, maintaining distance and washing hands).

"The most widely used campaign material is masks. These are found in 159 districts / cities. Therefore, we carry out this movement," said Airlangga.

He added that the large number of regions that carry out Pilkada will be very strategic when faced with the upcoming general election (Pemilu) in 2024.

Therefore, the Golkar Party set a target to win 60 percent in the 2020 Pilkada.

"Of course, the 60 percent victory will be the basis for the Golkar Party to face the 2024 Pileg and Presidential Election," he said.