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Democrats unlikely to endorse Ahok in gubernatorial election
The Democratic Party will probably not endorse incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in the 2017 gubernatorial race.
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Democratic Party deputy chairman Sjarifuddin Hasan speaks to the press at the party's headquarters. (tribunnews.com/Herudin)
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The Democratic Party will probably not endorse incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in the 2017 gubernatorial race.
“We have opened our doors to everyone, but he is not coming and knocking on our door,” the party’s secretary general, Hinca Panjaitan, said Friday.
Hinca added that the Democratic Party might nominate a candidate of its own and form a coalition with other political parties that agree with the party’s potential candidate.
The party has 10 seats in the Jakarta Legislative Council, while the electoral threshold is 22 seats to have one gubernatorial ticket.
Democratic Party deputy chairman Sjarifuddin Hasan had previously said that the party would decide its gubernatorial candidate in the second week of August.
Ahok is currently supported by the Golkar Party, the Hanura Party and the NasDem Party. The Gerindra Party has nominated businessman Sandiaga Uno as its candidate, while other parties, including the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which has a gubernatorial ticket, have not yet decided on their candidates. (wnd/bbn)
