Airlangga: Don't Be Careless, Keep Pol Gas Until Voting February 14

Ketum DPP Partai Golkar Airlangga Hartarto (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of the Golkar Party DPP Airlangga Hartarto reminded all cadres not to be careless ahead of the vote. This was stated when delivering directions to his party's closing campaign for the 2024 General Election.

"The election is only four days away, once again four days. We have prepared all the best steps, the best efforts have been made. Don't be careless, we have to keep the police gas until the voting is February 14," Airlangga said in front of a Golkar Party cadre quoting Antara.

He believes that the Golkar Party will remain the top party thanks to the hard work of cadres during the election stages, including during the campaign period which lasted for 75 days.

"God willing, with the blessing of Almighty God, Almighty God, the Golkar Party will seize glory. We will occupy an honorable place as the top party that determines Indonesia's progress," said Airlangga.

In the event, Airlangga asked cadres to fight to make history, one of which was the political party that received the most votes in West Java.

He said the Golkar Party in several elections had won in West Java, but in the 2019 Election the Golkar Party took fourth place for the most votes, left behind the Gerindra Party in first place, then the PDI-P in second place, and PKS in third.

"From Bandung we exclaimed once again with enthusiasm, Bandung! Let's fight back!" said Airlangga, who was greeted with boisterous applause from Golkar Party cadres.

In the last campaign of the Golkar Party, Airlangga also expressed his determination for a unanimous party to win the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 2 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka once in a round.

"With the support of all Golkar Party cadres and sympathizers, there is no other word for our candidate pair besides having to win completely and win one round," said Airlangga who is also the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN).

The closing campaign of the Golkar Party was held in Bandung City, Friday afternoon, attended by approximately 1,000 people, consisting of provincial, district/city and party members level party officials.

Several high-ranking Golkar Party officials who attended the event included Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party DPP Ridwan Kamil, Deputy General Chair Nurul Arifin, Secretary General of the Golkar Party Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus, Chairman of the West Java Golkar Party DPD Ace Hasan Syadzily, young Golkar politician Puteri Anetta Komarudin, and Dito Ariotedjo.

In the event, various entertainment events also enlivened the Golkar closing campaign, including a rows performance from Garuda Emas, a stand-up comedy from comic Marchel Widianto, a music performance from the Republic of Band and Richard 'OK Gas' Jersey, then the performance of the traditional art of Angklung.

"Not only as an entertainment event, this concert is also a manifestation of the spirit promoted by the Golkar Party to create a peaceful campaign as an integral part of the party's vision and mission in building a prosperous nation," said Golkar politician Tantowi Yahya, who is tasked with being the chairman of the campaign organizing committee.

Political parties and pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, in recent days before the campaign period ended on February 10, centralized their campaign activities on the island of Java, including West Java.

Of the total 204.8 million voters in the 2024 General Election, 115.37 million of them settled on the island of Java.

Of the total six provinces in Java, West Java and East Java, there are two largest pockets of votes compared to Central Java, Banten, DKI Jakarta, and DI Yogyakarta.

The total number of voters in West Java reached 35.7 million people, East Java 31.4 million people, 28.2 million people in Central Java, 8.84 million voters in Banten, 8.25 million voters in Jakarta, and 2.87 million voters in Yogyakarta.