Golkar Prepares Special Strategy To Maintain Dedi -Erwan Electability In The 2024 West Java Gubernatorial Election

West Java Golkar Party DPD Chairman Tubagus Ace Hasan Syadzily gave a statement at the West Java Golkar DPD, Bandung (photo: ANTARA dock)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the West Java Golkar Party DPD, Tubagus Ace Hasan Syadzily, revealed that his party together with the party supporting the Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan pair are preparing a special strategy to maintain the couple's electability level in the 2024 West Java gubernatorial election. Based on predictions from various survey institutions, the Dedi-Erwan pair currently has the highest electability rate compared to other pairs of candidates.

However, Ace stressed the need for vigilance against the possibility of a "political tsunami" that could occur in the final moments of the campaign period, as has happened in the West Java Pilkada before. "Of course we are very optimistic about the regional elections in West Java with the existing surveys. We need to be aware of the efforts of competitors to erode the times that vote on our base," said Ace in Bandung, Saturday, October 5.

Although the electability of the Dedi-Erwan pair currently reaches around 70 percent, Ace emphasized that it does not want to be complacent. According to the results of a recent survey from Indonesian Political Indicators, the couple's electability even touched 77.81 percent. Even so, Golkar and other supporting parties are still targeting an increase in electability of up to 80 percent ahead of voting day on November 27, 2024.

"We are targeting as conveyed by the winning team of the winning target of 80 percent, and we will increase its electability," explained Ace.

To achieve this target, Golkar together with other supporting parties plan to maintain and guard votes in areas that are the basis for the strength of the Dedi-Erwan pair, including ensuring security at polling stations (TPS) which reach 73,862 throughout West Java. Ace also claims that the pair excels in all regions in West Java covering 27 districts/cities, including their competing support base.

"We also ensure that each polling station is guarded, escorted, whose source of witnesses will come from a supporting party and also from volunteers," he added.

The West Java gubernatorial election in 2024 was attended by four pairs of candidates for governor and deputy governor. In addition to the Dedi Mulyadi-Erwan Setiawan pair, there was the Acep Adang Ruchiat-Gitalis Dwi Natarina pair carried by PKB, Jeje Wiradinata-Ral Surapradja carried by the PDI-P, and Ahmad Syaikhu-Ilham Akbar Habibie who was promoted by PKS, PPP, and NasDem.

The Dedi-Erwan pair received support from many parties, including Golkar, Democrats, Gerindra, PSI, PAN, and several non-parlementary parties such as the Labor, UN, Gelora, and Perindo parties.

As part of the series of West Java Pilgub 2024, the West Java Provincial KPU has set a campaign expenditure limit for each pair of candidates, which is a maximum of IDR 150.45 billion. The candidate debate will be held in Bogor, Bandung, and Cirebon in November, while the grand campaign schedule will be carried out in accordance with the choices of each pair of candidates.