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Anies-Sandiaga focus on wooing undecided voters
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Go with the flow: Sandiaga Uno (right), a deputy governor candidate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, participates in the bus hailing internet sensation with the catchphrase ‘‘om telolet om’’. (JP/File )
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akarta gubernatorial candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno will use the remaining time before the election on Feb. 15 to woo undecided voters.
Sandiaga said on Tuesday that his team would focus on introducing programs that involved bringing in more jobs, providing decent and affordable education and making life in Jakarta affordable for most residents.
"The most important thing is that these undecided voters choose Anies-Sandiaga," Sandiaga told reporters on the sidelines of a campaign event in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta.
The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) revealed in its survey last month that undecided voters accounted for 17 to 18 percent of all voters in Jakarta, which is twice the margin between the front-runner and the underdog pair in the survey.
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During Tuesday’s campaign event, Sandiaga tried to convince participants that if elected, the pair would reduce the unemployment rate in Jakarta.
Gun Gun Heryanto, a political expert from the Islamic State University Syarif Hidayatullah, said on Monday that the first official debate on Friday would be a good opportunity for all three candidate pairs to attract voters since it was likely to be watched by undecided voters. (dmr)
