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Agus doesn’t need to change debate style: Annisa Pohan
There is nothing to be drastically improved in the way Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono communicates in public, Agus’ actress and model wife Annisa Larasati Pohan has said in response to claims her husband failed to clearly convey his campaign promises in a recent debate
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Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (left) is accompanied by his wife Annisa Pohan (center) during a campaign visit in Bungur Subdistrict in Senen, Central Jakarta, on Jan. 10. (ANDRI DONNAL PUTERA/Kompas.com)
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here is nothing to be drastically improved in the way Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono communicates in public, Agus’ actress and model wife Annisa Larasati Pohan has said in response to claims her husband failed to clearly convey his campaign promises in a recent debate.
Annisa, who married Agus in 2005, said she had no doubt in Agus' capability ahead of the second official debate on Friday, adding that her husband, who is paired with former long-time Jakarta bureaucrat Sylviana Murni, is likely to outperform rival tickets Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat and Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno in the clash.
"I believe my husband already has everything he needs to be ready for the debate. He is who he is. He does not need to become someone else," Annisa told reporters on Thursday after a visit to victims of a fire incident in Jelambar, West Jakarta.
(Read also: Ahok gets post-debate bump in polls)
Annisa, a former TV presenter, said she had not provided any communication training to Agus, the eldest son of Democratic Party patron and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Agus' campaign team spokesman Roy Suryo suggested on Wednesday that Agus and Sylviana improve their style of communication ahead of the second debate.
A recent poll by Indikator Politik Indonesia suggests the drop in Agus-Sylviana’s electability in January was partly caused by the lack of thorough explanation of the pair’s core "one billion for one community unit" program during the first official debate on Jan. 13.
