Ganjar-Mahfud Prioritize People's Direct Hand Jabat, TPN: Even Our Presidential Candidate Blusukan Sendiri

Presidential Candidate Ganjar Pranowo gave a speech at the National Cross-Iman Friendship event, at the DBL Arena, Surabaya, Saturday (13/1/2024). (ANTARA/HO-TPN Ganjar-Mahfud)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Ganjar-Mahfud National Winning Team (TPN), Chico Hakim, said that the presidential and vice presidential candidates number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD prioritized meeting and shaking hands directly with the community as a strategy to raise support.

"We continue to move, canvasing, and door to door. We prioritize direct shaking hands with residents at the grassroots. Greet the community directly. Even our presidential candidates blusukan themselves. That's our strong point," Chico Hakim said in a written statement, Monday, January 15, quoted by Antara.

Chico said, Ganjar-Mahfud MD is a person who is sat-set, agile, energetic and most diligent in going down directly to meet people at grassroots.

"Compared to other presidential candidates, our presidential candidates are the ones who go down the most," he said.

According to Chico, the atmosphere of Ganjar-Mahfud supporters at the grassroots is currently very positive. They are very enthusiastic about socializing the Ganjar-Mahfud program. TPN also felt the enthusiasm of residents at the grassroots to choose Ganjar-Mahfud.

"Especially in areas that are already known to be our base and in other areas that are not considered the base of Ganjar-Mahfud or PDIP. This is because in our coalition there are also Perindo, PPP, and Hanura who work hard together with volunteers to socialize the vision, mission, and program Ganjar-Mahfud," he said.

Regarding the many survey results that put Ganjar-Mahfud in second place, Chico said, this has always been a record for TPN, but has not become the main reference in evaluating winning strategies and works.

"Because we also have survey results conducted by our internal survey agency, also through FGD and measuring sentiment on social media. We have our own calculations, Ganjar-Mahfud's electability figures are increasing day by day," he said.

The General Election Commission (KPU) has determined the 2024 presidential election participants, namely the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD 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.