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Prabowo to get directly involved in Anies-Sandi campaign
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Upbeat -- Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto (second from right) makes a speech to support Jakarta candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno during a campaign rally in South Jakarta on Jan. 29. Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) president Sohibul Iman (center) and deputy governor candidate Sandiaga (second from left) attended the event. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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erindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto is ready to get directly involved in the campaign of Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno for three days, starting on Tuesday.
During that time, he will spend his days from morning to afternoon meeting Jakarta residents in areas across the city.
On Tuesday, Prabowo is scheduled to meet the residents of four neighborhood units in Pinang Ranti and Cakung in East Jakarta and Cilincing in North Jakarta.
Prabowo reportedly will bring members of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) elite, the Gerindra Party's ally in supporting the Anies-Sandi ticket, along for his campaigning.
Anies, a former education and culture minister, and his running mate, businessman-turned-politician Sandiaga, are competing against two other candidate pairs to become Jakarta's governor and deputy governor. They are incumbents Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who are endorsed by a coalition led by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), and Agus Harimurti and Sylviana Murni, who are running with support from a coalition led by the Democratic Party, which was founded by former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Prabowo is the first elite party member who will directly participate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign and carry out impromptu visits, which are popularly known as blusukan. (ebf)
