Ridwan Kamil admits that his initials are for the Jakarta regional elections

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Vice Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil They confirmed that the figure with the initials S is the candidate for deputy governor who will be with him to run in the Regional Chief Election or Jakarta Pilkada.

“It’s S. That’s it,” said Ridwan Kamil when he arrived at the office of the Central Party Leadership Council (DPP). GolkairSlipi, Jakarta, Tuesday night, 13 August 2024.

When asked where S party came from, Ridwan Kamil did not answer. He also did not want to give an answer about the party color of the figure with the initial letters S. Ridwan Kamil only mentioned the Indonesian Progressive Coalition (KIM) Plus.

“KIM plus plus,” he said.

Furthermore, Ridwan Kamil gave a curt comment when asked if the figure S was the Chairman of Suswono’s Suswono Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Central Advisory Council. “That’s enough, S,” he said.

He didn’t stop there, Ridwan Kamil said he was ready to run as a candidate for governor of Jakarta. “God willing, there will be no changes,” he said.

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Currently the Indonesian Progressive Coalition has confirmed that they will nominate Ridwan Kamil as a candidate for governor in the Jakarta regional elections. However, they have not yet announced Ridwan Kamil’s candidate for governor.

By the way, PKS is said to have spoken to KIM. Even though PKS was initially going to nominate Anies Rasyid Baswedan as a candidate for governor in Jakarta.

Tempo they received information that members of the Indonesian Progressive Coalition had approved the Chairman of the PKS Central Advisory Council, Suswono, as a candidate for deputy governor, Ridwan Kamil. Several KIM officials met with Tempo throughout the past week to verify this information.

Suswono was Minister of Agriculture in the second term of the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2009-2014. He was also the Vice-Chairman of Commission IV DPR for the period 2004-2009. He was elected as a member of the DPR in the Central Java IX constituency, which includes Tegal Regency, Tegal City, Brebes Regency.

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