Waketum: Mudah-mudahan Setelah Masuk, Ridwan Kamil Bekerja Untuk Golkar

Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party Melchias Markus Mekeng (DOC VOI/Nailin In Saroh)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Melchias Markus Mekeng, said that Governor Ridwan Kamil's (RK) decision to join his party was not sudden. Because he said, the party had been waiting for the former mayor of Bandung's decision to lay his heart to Golkar for a long time. "The Golkar Party is definitely very happy because there is a figure in West Java who has a large voter, joining Golkar. Because RK is a person who holds two principles, a person who knows himself and a rational person, so his decision to enter Golkar in the last month has been processed and in the end, maybe after he contested, discussing with the figures, he finally decided to join the Golkar party, we are happy," said Mekeng at the Golkar Party DPP office, Slipi, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 18. He hopes that RK can bring victory to Golkar in West Java in the upcoming 2024 General Election. It is known, currently RK serves as the Deputy for the Raising and Winning of the Golkar DPP Election. "Hopefully after he entered Golkar, he worked for the Golkar party and Golkar returned to glory in West Java," he continued. Although Ridwan Kamil's electability is higher than Airlangga's, Mekeng ensures that the Munaslub's decision to nominate the Ketum will not change. "The Golkar has broken the National Conference, Mr. Airlangga, it is impossible to change it unless there is a Munaslub," he said. "To make the Munaslub, there are prerequisites that must be passed, so it's a bit difficult. Earlier, Mr. RK had already said he was participating in the fatsun," he added. It is also about the possibility of Airlangga having a duet with RK in the 2024 presidential election. Mekeng said that the discourse was deemed impossible. Because Golkar must discuss it with coalition partner political parties in the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB). "Not yet, again, we can'tdidate ourselves to have to wait for the coalition, so it's impossible," he said. Mekeng added, after joining RK to Golkar today, his party is targeting to be able to regain the voter in West Java as before. It is known, currently the news is being quasi by the Gerindra Party. "If you can return to Golkar in the past, West Java is the barn for the Golkar party, you have to return it here but you have to work hard," he concluded.