Mahfud MD: Sabang-Merauke Campaign Commitment To Rate Development

Vice Presidential Candidate Mahfud MD In Sabang Aceh/ANTARA/Aditya Ramadhan

Vice Presidential Candidate number 3 Mahfud MD said the message of choosing the first 2024 presidential election campaign for Ganjar-Mahfud in Sabang and Merauke had a message that the couple would equalize development throughout Indonesia.

"This is our commitment to equalize economic development. This is our commitment so that there will be no more poor people in Indonesia. This is also a commitment to realize legal certainty and protection for all elements of the nation spread from Sabang to Merauke," Mahfud said in his campaign in Sabang, Aceh. reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 28.

Mahfud started his first day campaign at the western end of Indonesia, namely Jaboi Sabang Aceh Village, while Ganjar Pranowo simultaneously started his campaign from Semangga Merauke District, Papua.

Mahfud revealed that the message behind Sabang and Merauke's choice as the inaugural location for the 2024 presidential election campaign can be understood that the emotional ties as a nation originated from the village, which was reflected in the song titled From Sabang to Merauke".

Sabang and Merauke, said Mahfud, reflected the commitment of pair number 3 to advance all Indonesian people, both in villages and cities, which stretches from Sabang to Merauke.

Especially for the local flagship program in Aceh, continued Mahfud, the couple is committed to improving the welfare of Koran teachers in Aceh.

"We have the seed, later we will pay special attention to this Koran teacher. The flagship program here is for ustadz and Koran teachers and maybe it can be developed for mosque marbots, which now need attention. Because their services are very large for the sustainability of this nation and country," he said.

Meanwhile, Ganjar, who is in Merauke, reiterated the program of one village, one health facility and one health worker.

Ganjar admits that the availability of adequate health facilities in Indonesia is not evenly distributed and there are still many people in villages who are forced to seek treatment at shamans because of the lack of access to health.