The Golkar Party is set to announce the candidates it will endorse for the 2018 regional elections near the end of August.
Golkar secretary-general Idrus Marham said the party's central executive board was giving the party's regional chapters more time to have discussions on political matters, especially regarding the formation of coalitions at the regional level.
“Golkar will formally announce the candidates between Aug. 28 and 29,” he said in Bogor on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
As many as 171 provinces, regencies and cities will elect local leaders simultaneously in June next year.
Idrus said that Golkar believed the country should be developed together and that, therefore, the party has asked all regional chapter leaders to have political discussions with other parties.
“Although Golkar has enough [legislative] seats to endorse its own candidates, we will forge coalitions, depending on [the political situation] in each region,” he said.
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The party has so far strongly indicated it would support the candidacy of Purwakarta Regent Dedi Mulyadi, who is also the chairman of Golkar's West Java chapter, to run for West Java governor.
However, Idrus said that the final decision had yet to be made because of ongoing political developments in the country's most populated province. (ecn/bbs)
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