TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Muhammad Zainul Majdi or known as Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB) would be listed in the National Campaign Team (TKN) of Jokowi-Ma`ruf Amin.
“We will discuss his position [in the team] on Monday or Wednesday next week,” said the Jokowi-Ma’ruf TKN deputy head Arsul Sani Saturday, September 8 in Menteng, Jakarta.
According to Arsul, the West Nusa Tenggara Governor would be assigned either as director board, deputy head of the team, or a special task.
“The special task will take responsibility to approach public figures, religious figures, and communities that have not supported Jokowi thus far,” he explained.
Read: TGB: I've Supported Jokowi for a Long Time
TGB previously had disclosed his voice for Jokowi to lead Indonesia for two terms. The support was contrary to his Democrat Party that backed Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno.
On Monday, May 23, TGB had earlier resigned from Democrat Party due to personal reasons, before the party opted to carry out one of the candidates in 2019 election.
Following TGB, former governor of West Java Deddy Mizwar also gives his support for the incumbent candidate despite he was one of the founders of Democrat Party and is still the party’s Regional Advisory Board.
Other than two figures above, two Democrat cadres would reportedly back Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin pair. They were the party’s DPD (regional executive board) Papua head Lukas Enembe and DPD East Java head Soekarwo.
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