Dico Meets Kaesang And Yoyok Sukawi To Discuss Semarang Pilkada

Kendal Regent who is also a candidate for Semarang Mayor Dico Ganinduto. (ANTARA/Zuhdiar Laeis)

SemarANG - The candidate for Mayor of Semarang, Dico Ganinduto, admitted that he had just met with the Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Kaesang Pangarep and US Demorat Party politician Sukawijaya or Yoyok Sukawi.

"I was called by Mas Kaesang to meet in Jakarta. It turned out that there was also Mas Yoyok there. This (just arrived, ed.) from Jakarta," Dico said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 24.

He said the meeting was an invitation from Kaesang to stay in touch at the PSI DPP office which apparently also invited the Semarang PSIS Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Dico said that the meeting included discussing the 2024 Semarang City Regional Head Election (Pilkada), especially since Yoyok also ran for mayor.

"The point is that it is friendly because we want to straighten out our perception in prioritizing the Indonesia Maju Coalition (KIM) related to the Semarang City Pilkada so that it can be compact, one vision and mission," he said,

The Kendal Regent appreciated Kaesang's steps to facilitate his meeting with Yoyok to stay in touch and discuss a lot so that he could share perceptions with each other.

"Mas Yoyok is from the Democrats, I'm from Golkar. This is from a different party and both of them are nominating. Therefore, we sit together first how we have the same perception," he said.

At the meeting, said Dico, there was no agreement, but at least it was able to present many interesting discussions to further consolidate KIM's strength in the Semarang City Pilkada.

"Today there is no agreement, but there are many very interesting discussions. Hopefully there will be an agreement later," said Dico, accompanied by his wife, Chacha Frederica.

Ahead of the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Election, which is scheduled to take place on November 27, Dico's name has been included in the candidate market, but previously in the 2024 Central Java Pilkada.

However, recently Dico decided to switch to the 2024 Semarang City Pilkada at the direction of the Golkar Party DPP, while Yoyok was predicted to be a strong candidate from the Democratic Party.

Apart from Dico and Yoyok, several names were also included in the Semarang City Pilkada exchange, such as Semarang Mayor Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu as the incumbent and Semarang City Regional Secretary Iswar Aminuddin.