SUDIRMAN Said was unhappy with a number of surveys conducted before the election of the Governor of Central Java. A number of polls said that his electability percentage was in the teens. As a result, according to Sudirman, many of his colleagues did not want to provide assistance to the Sudirman Said-Ida Fauziyah ticket. "Why should I throw my money away," said Sudirman on Friday last week, imitating the words of a colleague.

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