Jokowi Openly Endorses RK, Pramono Is Sure Not To Lower His Electability

Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Candidate number 3 Pramono Anung believes his electability will not decrease even though currently the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo has openly supported his competitor, Ridwan Kamil in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

In the last survey, SMRC released the electability of Pramono and Rano Karno of 46 percent.

While pair number 1 Ridwan Kamil-Suswono, has an electability of 39.1 percent, and pair number 2 Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana has 5.1 percent of the votes. There is 9.8 percent who have not answered.

"Yes, just look at my electability, did I go down? Instead, it went up," said Pramono after greeting residents in Kalideres, West Jakarta, Tuesday, November 19.

Pramono does not have a problem if he does not get support from Jokowi in the Jakarta Pilkada. According to him, good relations with Jokowi have been maintained since they were still together at the PDIP, then served as Cabinet Secretary for 2 periods, until now.

"I have worked with him for two terms. I actually know him 23 years, whether he has been mayor twice, governor, president twice," said Pramono.

"So, for me this is a democratic choice. It's okay for me to stay focused like now to go around shopping for problems and also stay in touch with the people of Jakarta. Right, the people of Jakarta are the ones who choose," he explained.

On Monday, November 18, RK again met Jokowi at a cafe in Central Jakarta. During the meeting, RK together with representatives of supporting parties and volunteers heard Jokowi's direction and experience while leading the city of Solo, Jakarta, and as president.

After expressing his support, Jokowi revealed that RK has a qualified track record with all its experience as a leader, so it is very worthy to lead Jakarta.

"He is the right person to lead Jakarta with all the challenges of the problems that exist, because he has experience in building the city of Bandung and West Java (West Java) Province," said Jokowi.

Jokowi revealed that RK has proven to be able to organize the city of Bandung better. Likewise with a larger scope, namely as Governor of West Java.

In addition to this experience, according to Jokowi, RK also has the right scientific background to build Jakarta into an advanced and humanist urban or urban area.

"He has a qualified scientific background. He is an architect, so it is proven that his capacity is to build urban areas," said the former Mayor of Solo and the Governor of Jakarta.

Jokowi explained that the experience and track record made him support RK as a leader for Jakarta residents.