“In this election, we will be on the front line to drive the internal political machine of the party,” Djarot, who will personally take charge of the team, said as reported by kompas.com on Friday. He added that the members of the team would only come from the PDI-P, as the campaign would target the grassroots.

The PDI-P is the latest party to declare its support for the incumbent pair, which is already backed by the NasDem Party, the Hanura Party and the Golkar Party. Those three parties have established a campaign team under the leadership of Nusron Wahid from Golkar.

Previously, the PDI-P had expressed its wish to play a key role in the campaign team led by Nusron, given that its 28 seats in the City Council are more than the 24 seats held by the three other parties combined.

Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) head Sumarno said two more candidate pairs would register with the commission on Friday evening to join the election.

Four parties – the Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) – have decided to nominate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murni. Agus is Yudhoyono’s son, while Silviana is an assistant to the Jakarta governor for culture and tourism.

Meanwhile, the Gerindra Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) are likely to nominate former education minister Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno. (bbn)

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