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Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (left) interacts with Golkar Party central executive board officials Setya Novanto (right) and Agung Laksono during the party’s regional conference in Jakarta on Sunday. (thejakartapost.com/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
G
olkar Party secretary-general Idrus Marham has advised Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama to prepare for being nominated by three political parties in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election and to leave the independent path he declared in March.
“We want political parties to nominate him and Teman Ahok [to maintain their support]. We will talk about everything,” Idrus said in Jakarta on Thursday as reported by tribunnews.com.
Teman Ahok (Friends of Ahok) is the incumbent’s support group, which says its volunteers have collected 1 million vote-pledges from Jakartans, far more than the 532,000 expressions of voter support required by law for a candidate to run independently.
Idrus said he expressed his party’s wishes when he met with Ahok at City Hall on Wednesday.
So far, three political parties — the Golkar Party, NasDem Party and Hanura Party — have expressed their support for Ahok’s bid to seek reelection in the 2017 election. The three have 24 combined seats in the City Council, more than enough to nominate a gubernatorial candidate.
Even if Ahok is nominated by a political party, Teman Ahok will remain an important element in supporting him to win the election, Idrus added. (bbn)
