PAN Claims Ridwan Kamil Wants To Get Bima Arya In The West Java Gubernatorial Election

Secretary General of PAN Eddy Soeparno (left) and Member of the DPP PAN Pilkada Decree Team Viva Yoga Mauladi when giving a press statement at the PAN DPP Office, Jakarta, Thursday (27/6/2024). BETWEEN/Rio Feisal/am.

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Eddy Soeparno claimed Ridwan Kamil wanted to attract Bima Arya as his deputy to run in the West Java gubernatorial election.

According to him, these issues have often been heard in political discussions recently.

According to him, the name of the former mayor of Bogor is one of two cadres prepared by PAN to be presented in the West Java gubernatorial election.

"We have decided to carry, encouraging Kang Bima Arya and Teh Desi Ratnasari to be cagub (calon governor) and cawagub (calon deputy governor) in the West Java Pilkada," said Eddy as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 3.

With the news of Ridwan Kamil's intention as Governor of West Java 2018-2023, now according to him PAN has the opportunity to walk to West Java.

This, he said, is one of the focuses for PAN because West Java is a strategic area for political maps.

He considered West Java to be the province with the largest voters in Indonesia. That way, he estimates that all political parties will definitely field their best cadres in the province.

"And we will deploy our best cadres named Kang Bima Arya Sugiarto and Desi Ratnasari," he said.

Even so, according to him, political communication with the parties of the Forward Indonesia Coalition, according to him, continues to be established in the face of the 2024 Pilkada. According to him, the coalition has committed to jointly supporting candidates, including West Java.

"Yes, we have been working on the names in PAN for a long time, so I think this is what we will encourage," said the Deputy Chairman of Commission VII DPR.