2 More Days, Elite Gerindra Calls Ridwan Kamil Will Declare Forward Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

Daily Chairperson of the Gerindra Party DPP Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, is confirmed to run in the 2024 Jakarta Regional Election by being promoted by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) plus other political parties. In the next two days, the man who is familiarly called RK will be declared a candidate for governor (cagub) Jakarta. This information was conveyed by the Daily Chair of Gerindra, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad in response to when the RK would be declared following Dedi Mulyadi's agreement to run in the West Java Pilkada. "Yes, a day or two (declared, ed)," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, August 6. As for the Jakarta deputy governorial candidate (cawagub), Dasco said KIM together with additional coalition political parties were still working on several names. "This cannot be announced to the public, this is being investigated on the names of the incoming cawagub," said Dasco. Dasco did not rule out the possibility that the name of the Jakarta cawagub would be proposed by political parties outside KIM. Currently, he said, KIM Plus has started conducting intensive communication regarding the cagub and cawagub pairs for the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. "Well, who will be chosen to accompany RK, we'll just have to wait. Maybe the time will not take too long to be conveyed to the public," explained Dasco. When asked who the additional political parties on KIM Plus were, Dasco was reluctant to provide a lattice. He said KIM communicated with all political parties including PKS, NasDem, PKB and PPP and Perindo. "I didn't just talk about his communication to PKS, we communicated with political parties such as NasDem, PKB, we also had communication with PPP, there was also communication with Perindo, we all communicated. (The Fix, ed) Wait a day or two," he concluded. Previously, the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, again signaled that the former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, would be promoted in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. "(Ridwan Kamil) On the way to DKI," said Airlangga at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday, August 5.

However, Airlangga did not answer when asked why Golkar finally brought Ridwan Kamil to the Jakarta Pilkada.