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Who’s behind Ahok’s campaign team HQ, Rumah Lembang?
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Supporters of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama attend the opening ceremony of Rumah Lembang, the headquarters of Ahok's supporters who hope to push him to victory in the 2017 gubernatorial election. (kompas.com/Jessi Carina)
T
eman Ahok (Friends of Ahok), the volunteer team supporting Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, has said the donor behind Ahok’s campaign team headquarters, Rumah Lembang, wanted to stay anonymous.
Teman Ahok’s spokesperson Amalia Ayuningtyas said on Thursday evening that a donor was financing the operations of Rumah Lembang, from covering the rent and equipment, to funds for daily logistics. She said the donor was not from one of the three parties that had declared their support for Ahok, namely Golkar, NasDem and Hanura.
“This is purely from a person who supports Ahok, just a volunteer, not from any party. I cannot tell you more about this person, but [he or she] will be working here,” she said as quoted by tribunnews.com before the opening of Rumah Lembang on Jl. Lembang in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday.
She said the anonymous donor hoped non-party volunteers and party members could get along to work together to push Ahok to victory in the 2017 gubernatorial election.
“This house is open to anyone. This is a space for everyone who supports Pak Ahok to express their opinions. With this house, we want to erase the negative stigma on the relationship between parties and volunteers, and close the distance between both,” said Amalia. (evi)
