Kaesang PSI Surabaya Target Gets 8 Seats In DPRD

PSI Chairman Kaesang Pangarep after attending an Interactive Dialogue with Entrepreneurs and Pastors in Surabaya, Saturday (2/12/2023). ANTARA/Ananto Pradana.

SURABAYA - Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Kaesang Pangarep asked all cadres to work optimally to realize the target of increasing the number of seats in the Surabaya City DPRD.

"In the city, you can get doubles," said Kaesang after attending an Interactive Dialogue with Entrepreneurs and Pastors in Surabaya as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, December 2.

Currently, the PSI faction of the Surabaya DPRD has four representatives, namely Tjutjuk Supariono, Jodiah Michael, William Wirakusuma and Alfian Limardi.

The local PSI DPRD faction was led by Tjutjuk Supariono and Jodiah Micael as representatives, while William Wirakusuma held the position of secretary and Alfian Limardi was the treasurer of the faction.

Kaesang also hopes that in the DPR and DPRD East Java, PSI can have factions. Every electoral district (dapil) is targeted to have at least one representative.

He is also optimistic that in the General Election (Pemilu), February 14, 2024 PSI could have representatives in the DPR RI and the East Java DPRD.

"Realistic only," he said.

In the same place, Chairman of the PSI Surabaya DPD Erick Komala stated that the target of eight seats in the local city DPRD is ready to be realized.

"We are optimistic that it can double the seat, the presence of Kaesang will also take Pak Jokowi's breath, which is always blusukan," he said.

PSI Surabaya city maximizes its campaign period this year to target all levels of society.

"All electoral districts in Surabaya are our targets, yesterday in 2019 we did not get a vote in the second electoral district," he said.

Moreover, he said, Kaesang's presence was able to provide high optimism to cadres and attract the public's interest in registering as PSI cadres.

"Yesterday alone at 2,000, every day the development of dozens of cadres in, if per day on average 20 people register," he said.