Denny JA Calls Economic Issues A Highlight Of The 2024 Presidential Election

Denny JA/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Founder of the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) Denny Januar Ali said that economic issues would be in the spotlight for Indonesian voters in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres).

"Moreover, after the 3 years COVID-19 pandemic destroyed us. Economic progress, getting out of poverty is the dream," said Denny JA, quoted from Antara, Sunday, May 14.

According to him, the record and program of the presidential candidate regarding advancing the economy is very decisive and has always been the material for campaigning to raise or bring down the presidential candidate.

Denny added that economic issues in the presidential election also occurred in the United States in 1992 when George Bush fought Bill Clinton.

At that time George Bush was the incumbent who wanted to be elected for the second time. George Bush was also popular for successfully expelling Iraq that invaded Kuwait through Operation Desert Shield 1991.

He explained that George Bush's name was flying nationally. However, Bill Clinton's team, particularly political consultant James Carville, saw the weakness of the George Bush administration. The United States economy is in decline.

"Economic issues dominated the perceptions of United States voters at that time. The results of support reversed. George Bush, who initially excelled, lost," he said.

Reflecting on the 1992 United States Presidential Election, Denny JA suspects that the 2024 presidential election contestation will make the economy the main issue. In fact, said Denny, economic issues beat issues about religion, corruption, and human rights.

For information, the registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled from October 19, 2023 to November 25, 2023.

Based on Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election for members of the DPR.

Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that the candidate pairs are promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.