Campaign In Ambon Today, Anies Discusses Development Plans

Presidential candidate number 1 Anies Baswedan arrives in Ambon, Maluku, Sunday (14/1). (ANTARA/HO-Timnas AMIN)

Presidential candidate number 1 Anies Baswedan arrived on Ambon Island, Maluku, on Sunday night. Anies will carry out a campaign and submit the Maluku Province development plan if he is elected president. According to him, Ambon has extraordinary natural resources and potential human resources. The former governor of DKI Jakarta admitted that he was happy to be able to visit the capital city of Maluku Province. "This is a visit for us to hear the aspirations of the people of Maluku as well as our various plans for Maluku," Anies said in a statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, January 14. He said the people of Maluku could get prosperity and progress if the various wealths owned by the area were optimally developed. The presidential candidate also said that Ambon City is one of 40 cities to be built up to the equivalent of Jakarta, according to his vision to lead Indonesia. He admitted that he would explain this to the public on Monday (15/1). "We want the extraordinary wealth of aqua culture here that we can develop, and Ambon is one of the hubs for that development," he said. In addition, according to him, the development of the Maluku area must be accompanied by regulations to regulate the potential of natural wealth, especially in the field of fisheries. In addition, he also wants downstreaming from marine products in order to increase added value. "So that employment occurs, added value increases occur and hopes that prosperity will be higher in this area," he said. The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia on Monday, November 13, 2023, determined three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres). The results of the draw and determination of the number of participants for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md serial number 3.

The KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule will be on February 14, 2024.