Golkar nominees pledge to win poll

Golkar nominees pledge to win poll

YOGYAKARTA: Three candidates for regent nominated by the Golkar
Party have made a promise of victory to Golkar Party leader Jusuf
Kalla in Yogyakarta as direct regional elections draw nigh.

During a ceremony in Yogyakarta, the candidates pledged that
they would fight to win and remain loyal to the party, but would
be ready to accept defeat if the voters did not pick them on June
26.

The candidates will run in the direct elections in Bantul,
Gunung Kidul and Sleman regencies in the province.

In his speech, Kalla told them that Golkar would fully support
its members during the regional elections, the first local direct
elections in the country's history. "We have set a target. We
hope that everyone we support during the elections will win,"
Kalla, the nation's vice president, stated boldly. -- JP