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Ahok, Djarot gather volunteers to boost electability
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Staying optimistic -- Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (left) and his running mate, Djarot Saiful Hidayat (second from left), sing together during a campaign fund-raising event in Jakarta on Nov. 27. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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akarta gubernatorial candidate Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate, Djarot Saiful Hidayat, gathered their volunteers on Wednesday to talk about strategies to win the 2017 election, including how to increase their electability.
“Our electability depends on them [the volunteers] because they are the ones who will meet voters in the field,” Ahok said prior to the meeting held at Balai Kartini, South Jakarta.
In its survey on public preference of the Jakarta election released on Wednesday, Kompas daily newspaper’s research and development department placed gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and his partner, Sylviana Murni, as the front-runners, followed by Ahok and Djarot.
Recent surveys conducted by four pollsters, namely Charta Politika, Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI), Poltracking and Indikator Politik Indonesia also named Agus as the frontrunner in the election.
Ahok stressed the crucial role of volunteers in helping him to get re-elected, saying they would be his representatives in the field. Therefore, he further said, all volunteers needed to understand his programs.
“We want all volunteers to understand our visions, missions, programs, strategies and policies as well as our goals for the next five years. We want them to be good agents,” he said. (ebf)
