"Dream - The Deputy Chairman of Golkar, Ridwan Kamil, admitted that he has been assigned to run in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. Ridwan Kamil assured that he will love the people of Jakarta, including the supporters of Persija The Jakmania. "If I go to Jakarta, I will love Jakarta in its entirety. Including the Jak, including Persija, that’s the formula, what is it, the etiquette of someone new entering a house, right? Well, something like that," said Ridwan Kamil at the Widya Chandra Complex, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 8, 2024, quoted from merdeka.com."

"If we come to a house, we will love the house and everything in it, because I used to love Bandung and everything in it, I love West Java and everything in it," he said. The former Governor of West Java was then asked if his chances of winning in Jakarta were high. He is optimistic that he can achieve something positive. "I am an optimistic person, insyaAllah, Allah will grant the best destiny to lead Jakarta," he said."

"So informally it's like that, but when will the formal announcement be? The agreement from the coalition is that the announcement must coincide with the election of the vice candidate," he said. Regarding the prospective vice governor candidate, Ridwan Kamil stated that it is still being discussed by the coalition parties. He is just waiting for the coalition's agreement on the vice candidate to accompany him in the Jakarta Pilkada. "As of today, the vice candidate is still being discussed; the parties from the coalition are proposing names that are still under discussion, so if you ask me, I don't know," he explained."