Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan and his running mate, Sandiaga Uno, plan to widely socialize their programs to residents by attending more debates on television to boost the pair's poor polling results. 

The recent polls, conducted by Charta Politika, Lingkaran Survei Indonesia and Lembaga Survei Indonesia, showed that Anies and Sandiaga's electability was lagging behind incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono. 

"The number of undecided voters is still very high, and they want to see the issues brought up in the debates. For that reason, we plan to attend all TV debates to promote our programs," Sandiaga said in Recapital Building, South Jakarta, on Friday, admitting there are still a lot of Jakartans who do not know about his programs. 

(Read also: Ahok has only focused on physical development: Anies)

During the Kompas TV debate on Thursday, Anies and Sandiaga introduced their program to create 200,000 new entrepreneurs in the capital and provide more education assistance to residents. 

They also criticized the current administration's performance, which according to them, had failed in mitigating the inequality, social disparity and poverty in the city.

Sandiaga added that to attract more voters, he and Anies would continue to meet residents directly. 

"From the visits, we have concluded that residents want a new governor because the incumbent has caused disunity among people," he said. (dan)

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