Mahfud Meets Volunteers In Makassar, Affirms The Important Role Of Winning The Presidential Election

Candidate for vice president number 3 Mahfud Md when meeting with volunteers at Warung Ropang, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Saturday (13/1/2024). ANTARA/Zabi Mahrofi

MAKASSAR - Candidate for vice president number 3 Mahfud MD assesses that volunteers have an important role in winning the 2024 Presidential Election or Presidential Election.

"It is important, because the volunteers are the balancers of the supporting political parties. So the supporting political parties work to bring the presidential and vice presidential candidates. The volunteers work outside the party and that has a big influence because they are more fluid, not too formal," said Mahfud on the sidelines of a meeting with volunteers at Warung Ropang, Makassar, South Sulawesi., reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 13.

At that meeting, it was seen that a number of volunteers from the Ganjar-Mahfud candidate pair were ready to win the 2024 General Election. The man who served as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs said he was happy with the support of sympathizers in the South Sulawesi region.

According to Mahfud, the volunteers already have their respective networks in the community, so it is important as a winning machine in the 2024 General Election.

"So the influence is big with political parties. Volunteers have a lot of wings. We have a lot of (relaws), we hang out. Anyway, volunteers are one of the important elements," he said.

Asked about the target of what percentage of votes will be achieved in the South Sulawesi region, Mahfud hopes that the Ganjar-Mahfud pair can get as many votes as possible in the region. "As much as possible. My target is to win, (2024 election)," he said.

Regarding the transfer of one of Ganjar volunteers who joined the presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 2, Mahfud said the transfer was normal in politics.

"Yes, it's okay. It's maneuvers, that's normal for people whose names are political," he said.

According to him, volunteers from other parties also moved to support Ganjar-Mahfud.

"There were from there flocking to move to me, there were from me there. That's an ordinary person, it's called politics. Don't you see one, from here moving here is there," he said.