Ganjar Pranowo Attends Declaration Of Support For Gapura Nusantara Volunteers To Read PDIP Presidents

Will the presidential candidate (readpres) 2024 from PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) Ganjar Pranowo arrive at Kelapa Gading Club, (photo: dock. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate (readpres) from the PDI-P (PDIP), Ganjar Pranowo, attended a declaration of support organized by the Gapura Nusantara Volunteers (RGN) at the Kelapa Gading Club, North Jakarta, Saturday, June 10.

Wearing a black shirt, Ganjar arrived at the location of the event at 08.37 WIB, accompanied by the Chairman of the PDI-P DPP Volunteer Coordination Team for Winning the Presidential Election (TKRPP), Ahmad Basarah.

Ganjar's arrival was welcomed by the founder and chairman of the RGN Board of Trustees, Admiral TNI (Ret.) Bernard Kent Sondakh, and former Indonesian Presidential Military Secretary Megawati Soekarnoputri, Major General TNI (Ret.) TB Hassanudin.

After that, the Governor of Central Java entered the Kelapa Gading Club Ballroom and was greeted by hundreds of RGN volunteers wearing white and red shirts. The song "Njarji, Njarbeh" reverberated in the room, sung by the enthusiastic RGN volunteer choir.

"Ganjar siji, Ganjar kabeh. Njar, ji, njar, beh. Ganjar siji ganjar kabeh," said the RGN volunteer choir.

After greeting and taking pictures with the volunteers, Ganjar then sat in the naratama chair. The declaration ceremony continued with the performance of the typical Nusantara dance and the singing of the song Indonesia Raya. RGN itself is a volunteer organization consisting of retired elements of the TNI, Polri, academics, YouTubers, artists, cross-party politicians, heroines, and millennials.

According to the predetermined stages, the registration of presidential reading and vice presidential candidates (cawapres) is scheduled to take place from 19 October to 25 November 2023. In accordance with Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections (UU Elections), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the elections that meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election for members of the DPR.

With 575 seats in the current parliament, pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must get at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. Another alternative is that the candidate pair is promoted by a political party or coalition of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.