DPD Democrat DKI Jakarta Aims For Cawagub In Jakarta Pilkada

Two cadres of the Democratic Party Mujiono and Ali Muhammad Johan were proposed for the DKI Jakarta Pilkada (doc. ANTARA).

JAKARTA - The Regional Representative Council (DPD) of the DKI Jakarta Democratic Party has stated that it will still propose the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, and Mujiono as well as several cadres to the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) to run in the DKI Jakarta Pilkada.

"Each party offers a name, that's fine, but what is certain is that KIM remains solid," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Democratic Party DPD Strategic Communications Agency (Bakomstra), Taufik Hidayat, in Jakarta, on Saturday, August 3, 2024, as reported by Antara.

According to him, the Democrat Party is realistic with the seat acquisition obtained in the 2024 General Election with nine seats. Thus, his party is targeting the position of cawagub which will be presented to KIM.

However, Taufik admitted that he wanted to continue offering the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, as a candidate for governor (readgub).

Then, the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta Democratic Party DPD Mujiyono, Member of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Ali Muhammad Johan, and Chairman of the DPP Democratic Party Jansen Sitindaon became candidates for deputy governor (readawagub).

This was revealed after the Golkar Party officially brought Dedi Mulyadi to the West Java gubernatorial election and offered Ridwan Kamil for the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

"We respect the Golkar Party's decision to bring RK (Ridwan Kamil) to Jakarta. However, communication with KIM continues to be intense," said Taufik.

Taufik further also ensured that KIM remained solid to face the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. In fact, there is a possibility that two other political parties will join KIM, but this is still being finalized.

"We see that Pak Heru is a strong figure who can win the Jakarta Pilkada later. With his background as a bureaucrat, Pak Heru has many achievements in fixing Jakarta," he said.

In addition, the demographics of Jakarta voters are still dominated by the Javanese tribe, which in fact KIM will take into account in order to win the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

He assessed that the figure of Mujiono who is also the Chairman of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD or Ali Johan could balance the cagub that KIM would later carry.

In addition, Taufik ensured that KIM must look for a leader who focuses on managing Jakarta in the future in order to be able to oversee the transformation of Jakarta as a global city.

Taufik said the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada contestation was not to be a stepping stone so that it could have a stage for the 2029 presidential election.

"For KIM, we chose the leader of Jakarta who focused on fixing problems in Jakarta so that he could become a global city," he said.