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Greater Jakarta: Djarot to lead PDI-P campaign team
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will set up a campaign team of its own to support Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election next year
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he Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will set up a campaign team of its own to support Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election next year.
“In this election, we will be on the front line driving the internal political machine of the party,” Djarot, who will personally take charge of the team, said as reported by kompas.com on Friday. He added that the members of the team would only come from the PDI-P, as the campaign would target the party’s grassroots supporters.
The PDI-P is the latest party to declare its support for the incumbent pair, which is also backed by the NasDem Party, the Hanura Party and the Golkar Party.
Those three parties have established a campaign team under the leadership of Nusron Wahid from Golkar.
Previously, the PDI-P had expressed its wish to play a key role in the campaign team led by Nusron, given that its 28 seats in the City Council are more than the 24 seats held by the three other parties combined.
Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) head Sumarno said two more candidate pairs would register with the commission on Friday evening to join the election.
