Prabowo-Airlangga Duet Wins In LSI Survey, Golkar: Very Fit To Continue Jokowi's Government

Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto with Golkar Chairman Airlangga Hartarto/DOK Prabowo Subianto Media Team

JAKARTA - The Golkar Party responded positively to the results of a recent survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) which showed the Prabowo Subianto and Airlangga Hartarto pairs excelling in various simulations of the presidential-cawapres pair. The chairman of the Golkar Party DPP Lamhot Sinaga, assessed the results of the survey proving that the level of acceptability of Prabowo and Airlangga duo could be accepted by the community. He considered both suitable to continue the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin government. "(Prabowo-Airlangga, ed) Very fitting to lead this country to continue the development of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)," Lamhot told reporters Thursday, May 4. According to Lamhot, the combination of military backgrounds and technocratics, as well as both from religious nationalist parties, are well suited to lead this nation. Moreover, said Lamhot, they are also assistants to President Jokowi in the Advanced Indonesia cabinet. So he said, continuous development can run well if this duet is elected. "I believe that it will bring progress and prosperity to the nation and state," said Lamhot. However, Lamhot still asked the public to wait for the announcement of the official presidential and vice presidential candidates to be carried out in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Because currently, political figures and parties are still making communication to build a major coalition to carry out candidate pairs. "In time, we will announce the best presidential candidate pairs soon," said Lamhot. Previously, the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) made simulations of two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election. In closed simulations of two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, the Prabowo Subianto and Airlangga Hartarto duo outperformed other Paslon. As the Prabowo-Airlangga pair were simulated against the candidate pair Anies Baswedan-Aggus Haridhoyono (AHY) for the two presidential candidate pairs of 2024. As a result, from two surveys in 2022 and 2023, Prabowo-Airlangga were superior to Anies-AHY. LSIjay Hanan Executive Director, at the simulations of 2022, Kelum Prandra Prabowo and

"In April 2023, Prabowo Subianto and Airlangga Hartarto were chosen by 47.5 percent of respondents, while Anies-AHY only had 38.5 percent," explained Djayadi Hanan in a survey release, Wednesday, May 3. If you look at the results of this simulation, Prabowo-Airlangga's electability has increased rapidly compared to last year. Meanwhile, Anies-AHY's electability has actually decreased.