PDIP Opens Opportunity To Promote Edy Rahmayadi-Nikson Nababan In The North Sumatra Gubernatorial Election

Former Governor Of North Sumatra (Gubsu) Edy Rahmayadi/DOK personal Instagram

PDIP opens the opportunity to carry Edy Rahmayadi-Nikson Nababan as a candidate pair for governor (cagub) and a candidate for deputy governor (cawagub) in the 2024 North Sumatra Pilkada.

PDIP politician Eriko Sotarduga said PDIP could carry its own cagub and cawagub in the 2024 North Sumatra Pilkada. PDIP, he said, was working on the names of the former governor of North Sumatra and the Regent of North Tapanuli.

"So we will definitely nominate ourselves and there are candidates, the chairman of the DPD has already conveyed it. What is the name, who is the governor now, Edy Rahmayadi and Nikson Nababan," Eriko told reporters, Monday, July 15.

However, Eriko said that his party had not confirmed that Edy and Nikson would duet. PDIP, he said, is still examining who is more prominent between the two.

"It could be (Edy as cagub and Nikson as cawagub, ed) It could be something else. Why? Because North Sumatra is very heterogeneous," said Eriko.

"At this time in the discussion, it seems that the incumbent is quite strong. So is Brother Nikson Nababan a candidate for deputy governor? So we don't know yet," he added.

According to Eriko, PDIP has many choices regarding cawagub. Apart from Nikson, there are also members of the North Sumatran electoral district, Sofyan Tan, who received a big vote.

"It must be admitted that the elected one is now the DPR RI, right, someone who has gone through a lot in such a tight battle yesterday," he said.

Eriko emphasized that the North Sumatra cagub and cawagub pairs will be decided by the PDIP General Chair, Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"From these talks, it must still be decided by the General Chairperson," he concluded.