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Presidential candidates on the move ahead of official campaign season
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Presidential and vice presidential candidates (from left) Anies Baswedan and running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto and running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Ganjar Pranowo and running mate Mahfud MD pose for the media on Nov. 14 at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office in Jakarta. (Antara/Galih Pradipta)
Although the campaign season does not begin in earnest until Wednesday, all three presidential candidates and their running mates have not missed the chance to hit the trail early, making appearances at rallies and discussions in the past weeks in hopes of luring voters ahead of the February election.
Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who will contest the election with running mate Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD, was in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Sunday to participate in a morning run.
There, he greeted hundreds of his supporters and posed for photos while holding up the number three using his fingers – in reference to his unique number on the February ballot.
His visit to Makassar came just days after he made an appearance in Sorong, the capital of Southwest Papua province. Both Makassar and Sorong are in Eastern Indonesia, which is where Ganjar is expected to kickstart his official campaign.
Ganjar, however, is not the only name on the February ballot to recently make a foray into Makassar. Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s eldest son who is the running mate to Gerindra Party chair Prabowo Subianto, also made an appearance in the city on Friday and Saturday.
Read also: Candidate profile: Ganjar Pranowo
Like Ganjar, Gibran also participated in a morning run, where he distributed keychains with his face, to his supporters.
