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View all search resultsPresident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's youngest son Kaesang Pangarep has told reporters he will go to the United States to accompany her wife during her master's program, despite speculation that he would run in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) continues to look for gubernatorial candidates who can help it defend its stronghold Central Java amid tough challenges from its prospective rivals ahead of the November election.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has dropped hints of support for the potential bid of his youngest son Kaesang Pangarep to run in the upcoming local elections as the political novice embarked on a “political safari” to boost his standing.
Early public opinion polls for the Central Java gubernatorial race in November indicate the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is struggling to win in its own stronghold without prospective candidates that match the popularity of other hopefuls, particularly Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
The names include the party’s chairman Kaesang Pangarep, who is also President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s youngest son; Jakarta acting governor Heru Budi Hartono; the PSI’s board of trustees’ deputy chairwoman Grace Natalie; the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir; podcaster and celebrity Deddy Corbuzier; and former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
Novice politician and Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chair Kaesang Pangarep is leading in the latest public opinion poll for the November Central Java gubernatorial race, with many respondents favoring him because he is the son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
The latest electability survey by Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) has found that novice politician Kaesang Pangarep was one of the most popular prospective candidates in the Central Java gubernatorial race – largely riding on the high approval rating of his father outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
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