Ketum Golkar Prepares Taufan Pawe Candidate Governor Of South Sulawesi

Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto (left) handed over a warrant to Taufan Pawe (right) as Chairman of DPD I of the South Sulawesi Golkar Party to fight as a candidate for the South Sulawesi gubernatorial candidate/ANTARA HO Golkar, South Sulawesi

The General Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, gave his blessing to Taufan Pawe as Chairman of the South Sulawesi Golkar Party DPD I by preparing him to fight as a candidate for governor of South Sulawesi.

"Alhamdulillah, today I was given the task as a candidate for Governor of South Sulawesi, God willing, with this mandate, we will win the Golkar Party, so I went down and became a direct participant to get as many votes as possible," said Taufan Pawe as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, January 18.

Taufan stated that the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party officially ordered to run as a candidate for Governor of South Sulawesi in the 2024 Pilkada because he was considered outstanding, dedicated, loyal, and not despicable.

This affirmation was marked by the submission of a warrant at a gathering with the Chairperson of Golkar Province throughout Indonesia, at the Golkar Party DPP office, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

The former mayor of Parepare for two terms expressed pride and honor for getting the mandate. Given, the order to go forward to fight in the Governor Election contestation will be carried out in particular soon.

He also targets the Golkar Party to win in the 2024 General Election, namely the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres) as well as the simultaneous Legislative Election (Pileg) on February 14, 2024.

"After the presidential and legislative elections, I will certainly move again to carry out the mandate of Mr. Airlangga to run as a candidate for governor of South Sulawesi," he asserted.

Previously, the General Elections Commission (KPU) scheduled a simultaneous 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) to be held on November 27, 2024.

"In accordance with the conclusion of the Hearing Meeting (with Commission II of the DPR) on January 24, 2022 and KPU Decree Number 21 of 2022 that the general elections for the president and vice president, DPR, DPD, and DPRD will be held on February 14, 2024. Meanwhile, the election for governors, regents and mayors will be held on November 27, 2024," said KPU Commissioner Yulianto Sudrajat in a Public Examination of three PKPU Drafts in Jakarta, Thursday.

Yulianto said that the plan to hold a vote for the 2024 Pilkada had been stated in the Draft General Election Commission (PKPU) Regulation on the Stages of the Schedule for the Election of Governors and Deputy Governors, Regents and Deputy Regents, and/or Mayors and Deputy Mayors of 2024.

With three considerations, namely the absence of any mentions between the stages of elections and elections or if there is no presidential election in the second round so that the workload of election organizers does not accumulate.

In addition, according to him, there is sufficient time for political parties to prepare nomination requirements for the November 2024 Pilkada, and it is necessary to pay attention to religious and national holidays.