Popular governors warm up for 2024 – Politics

Yerica Lai (The Jakarta Post)

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Jakarta   ●  
Mon, January 31, 2022

Well-known governors among the top presidential hopefuls have embarked on what seems to be a scramble for popularity outside their regions months before leaving public office this year, a situation that could put them at a disadvantage ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Over the course of the past month, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil have paid visits to several places outside Java and met with prominent members of political parties in what many have called a “political safari”.

Anies, whose gubernatorial term ends in October, attended a wedding event of the son of Golkar Party deputy chairman Nurdin Halid on Jan. 22. The meeting took place a day after Anies held a dialogue with one of his groups of supporters, the Relawan Jaringan Mileanis in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

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