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Golkar branch head up against Jokowi’s son-in-law for N. Sumatra governor
Incumbent deputy governor Musa “Ijeck” Rajekshah of the Golkar Party declared his readiness to compete in the upcoming North Sumatra gubernatorial election, amid speculation that President Jokowi's son-in-law would also run on Golkar's ticket.
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Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution inserts his 2024 election ballot paper into a ballot box on Feb. 14, 2024, at a polling station in Medan, North Sumatra. (Antara/Fransisco Carolio)
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ncumbent deputy governor Musa “Ijeck” Rajekshah of the Golkar Party declared his readiness to compete in the upcoming North Sumatra gubernatorial election, amid speculation that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law, Bobby Nasution, would also run on Golkar's ticket.
Bobby, who serves as Medan mayor with the backing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), indicated earlier that he had received a letter from Golkar asking him to run for governor. The statement ruffled feathers at Golkar’s North Sumatra office, which reportedly endorsed Ijeck to fill the position.
Ijeck admitted recently that he had also received a letter from Golkar endorsing him to run for North Sumatra governor. He met Bobby later on to discuss their candidacy.
Ijeck revealed that the husband of President Jokowi’s only daughter Kahiyang Ayu advised him to continue working properly, and “let the survey decide [who will be nominated from Golkar],” he stated, reiterating Bobby's statement.
"Whatever the decision will be, I am ready to run in the North Sumatra gubernatorial election," he emphasized during Golkar’s post-Ramadhan gathering in Medan on Saturday. Ijeck, the chairman of the Golkar North Sumatra branch, served as the province’s deputy governor from 2018 to 2023.
Branch secretary Datok Ilhamsyah said previously that Golkar’s grassroots members would prefer to support their branch head for governor in the upcoming election.
Golkar executive Meutya Hafid, however, insisted that the authority to decide which candidates would be nominated for regional elections lay solely with the central board. “The decision will be made here and not [at the local level],” she said, as quoted by Tempo.
