Edy Rahmayadi Still Godok Cawagub North Sumatra: There Are Parties, Some Are Academics

Edy Rahmayadi/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi admitted that he could not decide who would be elected as a candidate for deputy governor to accompany him in the North Sumatra Pilkada.

Edy admitted that his partner's cawagub selection was still being discussed according to the required criteria. This was conveyed by Edy after receiving a letter of recommendation for the suspension from PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"This is being discussed. Many are being discussed. Some are from parties, some are from academics," he said at the PDIP DPP office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, August 14.

Edy is still optimistic that he can win the North Sumatra Pilkada even though he is only promoted by two political parties, namely PDIP and Hanura.

Meanwhile, the potential competitor, Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, has more political party support. You could say that President Joko Widodo's son-in-law was promoted by a fat coalition.

Among them are the Gerindra Party, the Democratic Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Golkar Party, the Nasdem Party, and the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

However, Edy admitted that there was no problem. The important thing is that he has received tickets from at least the number of DPRD seats that are sufficient to run for the North Sumatra gubernatorial election.

"It's not a matter of being fat or not being fat. Politics is a vehicle of democracy, politics has the right to determine who it is. The most important thing is the 20 percent requirement. Who meets 20 percent, it means we sail," explained Edy.

The former governor of North Sumatra also did not feel any pressure over the competition between his candidacy and Bobby, which was supported by the authorities.

"There is no pressure. Running, walking, democracy. But once there is pressure, there is intimidation, it means he doesn't love this nation," he said.