Golkar Usung Ade Sumardi Cawagub Banten, Bahlil: Don't Worry, We Don't Ask To Exchange Clothes

Airin Rachmi Diany and Ade Sumardi received a letter of recommendation from the General Chair of the Golkar Party Bahlil Lahadalia at the Golkar Party DPP office, Tuesday (27/8/2024) (ANTARA/Walda Marison)

JAKARTA - The Golkar Party has officially promoted the pair Airin Rachmi Diany-Ade Sumardi as a candidate for governor and deputy governor in the 2024 Banten Pilkada. General Chairperson of Golkar Bahlil Lahadalia reasoned that Airin was the biological son of the banyan Party so that he should have been supported to run for the Banten gubernatorial election. "Mrs. Airin is the biological child of the Golkar party. As a mother of children who give birth and raise, it doesn't feel right if her biological mother doesn't bring her mother to compete," said Bahlil at the Golkar Party DPP Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, August 27. Bahlil also reasoned that Golkar supported the chairman of the Banten PDIP DPD, Ade Sumardi, to become Airin's cawagub because his party was an open party. "And I also convey that his partner is from PDIP Pak Ade Sumardi. This shows that Golkar is very open, Golkar is very inclusive. It never discriminates between who the candidates come from," he added. Therefore, Bahlil said, Golkar would not ask Ade Sumardi to wear a yellow shirt. Although the Bull cadre is supported by Golkar. "That's why Pak Ade Sumardi, the chairman of the PDIP, don't worry. We will not ask to change the color of the shirt. For yellow clothes. We are proud of the red shirt. Because we really need cohesiveness and cooperation," said Bahlil.

"And we are also in the process of cadre Golkar never to then declare each other this color is good or this color is not good. We still appreciate it," he concluded.