JAKARTA. The Democratic Party will probably not endorse incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in the 2017 gubernatorial race. “We have opened our doors to everyone, but he is not coming and knocking on our door,” the party’s secretary general, Hinca Panjaitan, said Friday. Hinca added that the Democratic Party might nominate a candidate of its own and form a coalition with other political parties that agree with the party’s potential candidate.
Democrats unlikely to endorse Ahok
JAKARTA. The Democratic Party will probably not endorse incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in the 2017 gubernatorial race. “We have opened our doors to everyone, but he is not coming and knocking on our door,” the party’s secretary general, Hinca Panjaitan, said Friday. Hinca added that the Democratic Party might nominate a candidate of its own and form a coalition with other political parties that agree with the party’s potential candidate.