Optimistic Electability Rises After Meeting Residents, Pramono: If You're Not Sure, Why Blusukan?

Candidate for Governor of Jakarta number 3, Pramono Anung blusukan to the densely populated residential area of Sunter Agung, North Jakarta, Thursday 26 September. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - Candidate for Governor of Jakarta number 3, Pramono Anung blusukan met residents in a dense residential area in the Sunter Agung area, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta on the second day of the 2024 Pilkada campaign period.

Arriving at the location, Pramono began walking along the alleys while greeting the residents. Pramono also bought salted eggs from a vegetable seller who passed by him.

Pramono believes that his blusukan activities can increase his electability until the voting day on 27 November.

"Yes, if you're not sure, why blusukan?" said Pramono after visiting Sunter Agung, North Jakarta, Thursday, September 26.

When looking at the survey results, Pramono's electability and his deputy governor-in-chief candidates, Rano Karno is still lower than Ridwan Kamil and Suswono.

In a poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), the Ridwan Kamil-Suswono pair had 51.8 percent electability, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno 28.4 percent, and Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana 3.2 percent.

The former Cabinet Secretary believes that his electability figures will definitely increase from the results of the survey.

"If surveyed today, it would be different, because I have been around and appeared in more public spaces, so I certainly believe it will be different," he said.

"Also from the speech, what people didn't know in the past was Pramono Anung, now almost everyone knows that. So that it becomes my capital, which makes me even more optimistic," added Pramono.

Saat blusukan hari ini, Pramono kembali "belanja" masalah. Beberapa keluhan warga yang ia kompung adalah persoalan bantosan sosial (bansos) kesehatan dan pendidikan, serta masalah insinasi RT-RW.

"The problem is that it is very basic, especially regarding KIP (Smart Indonesia Card), KIS (Healthy Indonesian Card), then the RT and RW also get less incentives," said Pramono.