Competing With Risma At Banteng Kandang, Khofifah Optimistic To Win Thickly In Surabaya

Khofifah Indar Parawansa received a hug from a trader during blusukan to the PPI Market in the Krembangan area, Surabaya, Tuesday (15/10/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Tim Khofifah-Emil

The candidate for Governor of East Java number 2 Khofifah Indar Parawansa is optimistic that he will win in Surabaya in the 2024 East Java Regional Election after receiving a lot of prayers and support when visiting the PPI Market in the Krembangan area.

Khofifah said that although the area is known as the "bullet cage", she admits that she is friendly with them, because the determination of the intended location for blusukan is not based on a certain mass force base.

"We don't greet because this is the basis of who we are based on. The important thing is that we meet optimally. And we can see here that they are very friendly, and welcome us with extraordinary compensation," said Khofifah as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 15.

In fact, Khofifah's spirit is to greet as many elements of society as possible. By greeting the community evenly, the recommendations and inputs obtained will also increase.

That way, the development program launched in the future will also be rich in public recommendations and answer real problems in the field.

"This means that our presence here is also received very extraordinary by the community. There are many prayers made by traders and market visitors for Khofifah-Emil's victory. This is an extraordinary spirit," he said.

On the other hand, Khofifah also responded to the results of a survey issued by ARCI regarding the highest electability compared to the other two pairs of candidates.

The electability of three pairs of candidates based on the ARCI survey referred to is Khofifah-Emil at 63.4 percent, Risma-Gus Hans 27.1 percent and at 2.8 percent. The survey was held on October 1-9, 2024, involving 1,200 respondents.

"Thank you everyone who has worked hard to build synergy and God willing, we will continue to be vigilant and work hard and physically," said Khofifah.

He emphasized that the survey results would be used as motivation for all elements to continue to be motivated to do maximum winning work.

"Thank you all for providing support and support for this struggle," said Khofifah.

The East Java 2024 Pilkada was attended by three pairs of candidates, namely Nur Hamidah-Lukmanul Khakim with serial number 1, then Khofifah Indar Parawansa-Emil Elestianto Dardak with serial number 2, and Tri Rismaharini-Zahrul Azhar Asumta with serial number 3.