Select Cak Lontong As Teams Head, Pramono Wants To Prevent The 2017 DKI Regional Head Election Polarization Repeated

Pramono-Rano Karno (Photo: Pramono-Rano Team Doc)

JAKARTA - The candidate for Governor-Deputy Governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno chose comedian Lies Hartono or Cak Lontong to be the head of the winning team in the 2024 Pilkada. Pramono assessed that the humorous character of Cak Lontong is expected to be able to prevent polarization between supporters of each pair of candidates. This phenomenon occurred during the 2017 Pilkada between supporters of Anies Baswedan and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok). "The politics is cheerful politics, embracing, not then tones like in the previous gubernatorial elections in Jakarta," said Pramono at the Sunda Kelapa Mosque, Central Jakarta, Friday, September 6. Pramono assessed that Cak Lontong was the right person to describe the image of his campaign team. Pramono wanted his timses to be seen working with joy without dividing. "The experience makes us aware that this good Jakarta will be better if there is no conflict, no tension, which then causes division or whatever," said Pramono. Separately, the candidate for Deputy Governor of Jakarta, Rano Karno, conveyed the reasons behind the appointment of the head of the timses. Rano emphasized that Cak Lontong has experience, although many parties doubt the ability of the comedian. "Maybe people will underestimate Cak Lontong's ability, Lontong's cake is a scholar, he is also an engineer," said Rano Karno at Warung Bang Doel, South Jakarta. One of the experiences that Cak Lontong has in politics is joining the Ganjar-Mahfud National Winning Team (TPN) during the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). In addition, in the appointment of timses members, it is also considered that they are not from political parties. Because they will focus on winning at the national level. "I said 'I agree' because what is the current simultaneous regional elections for all chairman of the Party's DPP, all of them are nationally focused," said Rano Karno. Pramono-Rano has announced the structure of his winning team in the Jakarta Pilkada consisting of the steering board, chairman, daily chairman, deputy chairman, secretary, deputy secretary, treasurer, deputy treasurer. Then, the creative resources sector, fields specifically for youth, media fields, data and information fields, programs, campaign and socialization fields, massraising fields, legal fields and advocacy, volunteer coordinator fields, and spokespersons. A number of PDI-P politicians (PDIP) are included in the ranks of the Pramono-Rano winning team, including the former Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi as Daily Chair, Todung Mulya Lubis as Chair of the Steering Committee, to the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta PDIP DPD Adi Widjaja as a Member of the Steering Committee. Rano also attracted Cornelia Agatha and Maudy Koesnaedy to become deputy leaders of the winning team. In the series "The Doel Anak Sekolahan", Cornelia plays Sarah and Maudy as Zaenab. However, recently, Maudy was canceled into the structure of Pramono-Rano's winning team because she had to take care of her husband who was sick.

Furthermore, several members of the DPR RI and members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PDIP faction were also included in the structure of the Pramono-Rano winning team, starting from Once Mekel, Putra Nababan, Darmadi Durianto, Ima Mahdiah, Hardiyanto Kenneth, Agustina "Tina Toon", to Chica Koeswoyo.