The regional elections will be held simultaneously with the presidential and legislative elections in 2024. But the regional elections will be conducted nine months after the presidential and legislative elections and so, it will give the opportunity for whoever fail in the presidential and legislative elections to enter the regional elections.

The Chairman of Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), who is also the eldest son of the sixth President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has on Thursday (Jan 26) officially endorsed Anies Baswedan as presidential candidate. On the same day, the key leaders of Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh that nominated Anies as presidential candidate, met with those from the coalition of Gerindra and PKB to explore about forming a coalition. This development is worth highlighting in light of 2024 race.

Anies Baswedan, a presidential candidate from Nasdem Party, continues his political safari ahead of 2024 race. Most recently, Anies visited Tangerang (Banten) to meet with the former Banten Governor Wahidin Halim, who jumped ship from Democratic Party to Nasdem Party.

The Chairman of Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto, who is also the minister of defense, had a dinner meeting with the Mayor of Solo Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is also the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. In the meeting, Prabowo expressed his support for Gibran to run as governor candidate in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who is also the second most popular in the family, expressed his interest to enter the politics. Will Kaesang join the ruling party PDIP following his father and his brothers? Will he run in the regional election in 2024?

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo praises Heru Budi Hartono, the acting governor of Jakarta, for completing the acquisition of lands for the development of a waterway tunnel that will connect the Ciliwung river with the Eastern Flood Canal (BKT), known as the Sodetan Ciliwung or Ciliwung waterway tunnel. The said waterway tunnel is one of the city’s projects to address floods problem in the city, but Heru’s predecessor, Anies Baswedan, did nothing for the project.

The polling agency, Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI), found Ganjar Pranowo led the poll with a significant margin above Anies Baswedan and Prabowo Subianto. The electability of Puan Maharani, meanwhile, remained insignificant.