Golkar backs Bobby’s bid for North Sumatra governor

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian (left) giving an award to Bobby Nasution, mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, during a ceremony to commemorate regional autonomy in Surabaya town hall in East Java on April 25, 2024. - Antara

JAKARTA: The Golkar Party has officially nominated Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, who is also President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s son-in-law, to contest the North Sumatra governor post in the upcoming regional head elections in November.

Speaking after a meeting with Bobby on Wednesday (June 19), Golkar chairman Airlangga Hartarto announced that his party officially supported Bobby's candidacy.