Jakarta. Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, politician Habiburokhman dismissed claims made by volunteer group Teman Ahok that they have secured enough ID cards to support incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's run as an independent in next year's Jakarta governor race.

“I don't believe [Teman Ahok's] claims,” Habiburokhman told Detik.com on Sunday (17/04).

The Gerindra politician once boasted on Twitter he will jump from the top of the 137-meter high National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta if Basuki, better known as Ahok, can collect 523,000 ID card copies from eligible voters in Jakarta to qualify as an independent candidate — a requirement set by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

But the grassroots initiative Teman Ahok (Friends of Ahok) announced last week they have surpassed the requirement, one month after they started collecting the ID card copies for Ahok and his running mate Heru Budihartono.

Habiburokhman said although he doesn't believe Teman Ahok's claim he will still make good of his promise to jump from the top of Monas.

“I acknowledge that the Twitter account [@Habiburokhman] is mine, that it was me who wrote that tweet and I meant what I said,” he said.