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PDI-P remains open to Risma candidacy
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A poster depicting Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini uploaded onto Twitter account @Karisma-Jakarta. (@Karistma-Jakarta/via kompas.com)
T
he door remains open for Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini to be nominated by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) as its Jakarta gubernatorial candidate, although she is not among the 34 hopefuls that have registered as the party’s potential candidates.
“Risma can still be nominated by the PDI-P’s central executive board,” PDI-P Jakarta treasurer Adi Widjaja told kompas.com on Saturday.
He was responding to a movement to nominate Risma as a Jakarta gubernatorial candidate through Twitter account @Karisma-Jakarta with hashtag #RismaDKI1 #BekerjaDgnHati.
Risma has said that she is not ready to be nominated as a gubernatorial candidate, wanting to instead concentrate on developing the provincial capital of East Java. PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri met with Risma during a recent visit to Surabaya.
In regard to the meeting, PDI-P secretary-general Hato Kristanto hinted that his party was still considering Risma as a potential candidate, saying “Jakarta also needs good management of parks like in Surabaya,”.
Adi said that up until the final day of candidate selection by PDI-P’s Jakarta chapter, last week, there were only two party members – PDI-P Jakarta chapter chairman Boy Sadikin and Jakarta Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who were on the list of the 34 hopefuls.
“Any member can be proposed. But it must done through the central executive board because she [Risma] has not registered as a candidate,” Adi added.
In a survey conducted by the Discussion Group and Public Opinion Study (Kedai Kopi) in February, Risma was at the top list of the most electable candidates, followed by Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil, incumbent Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Hidayat Nur Wahid and former law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra.
Ridwan has expressed his intention to participate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, while Yusril is seeking support from political parties for his candidacy. Ahok , meanwhile, has declared himself an independent candidate. (bbn)
