Electorally Tested, Golkar Still Candidates For Airin Rachmi In Banten Gubernatorial Election

Former Mayor Of South Tangerang, Airin Rachmi Diany (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Golkar Party will continue to nominate its cadre, Airin Rachmi Diany in the 2024 Banten Pilgub. The deputy of the Golkar Party, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, said that Airin had been tested electorally in the Banten area. "From the start, the Golkar Party had intended to carry Mrs. Airin as a candidate for governor, this has been prepared since three years, four years ago," said Doli at the Golkar Party DPP Office, West Jakarta, Thursday, August 8. In fact, continued Doli, Golkar has tested Airin. One of them, by nominating Airin to run as a candidate for DPR RI member in the 2024 Legislative Election. "Alhamdulillah, Mrs. Airin passed. She received support, quite significantly around 350 thousand. So electorally, Mrs. Airin has been tested in Banten," said Doli. On that basis, Golkar decided to continue to carry Airin Rachmi Diany forward in the 2024 Banten Pilgub contestation. Golkar also continues to communicate with other political parties (political parties) and offers a proposal for the nomination of Airin as a cagub. Even so, Doli said, the final decision remains in the hands of each political party. "Explaining the proposal of Mrs. Airin to friends of the Advanced Indonesia Coalition, to other friends. Well, it depends on the end of the decisions or sovereignty of each political party," said Doli.

"There are those who accept Alhamdulillah, those who do not accept and then carry the names of others there is also no problem. So the issue of Banten, we are still carrying Airin as a candidate for governor and all in the maturation process are also about his candidacy, including with whose partner," he concluded.