TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany declared her candidacy for the upcoming regional election in the Student Centre of Universitas Terbuka at Pondok Cabe, South Tangerang.
Airin, who is also the head of the South Tangerang Functional Group Party's Regional Representative Council, is backed by a coalition of five political parties including the National Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party, the Prosperity and Justice Party, the United Development Party, and the National Mandate Party.
For the upcoming regional election, Airin partners with Benyamin Davnie, her previous running-pair in the 2009 regional election.
MUHAMMAD KURNIANTO