Ganjar-Erick Duet Aspiration Appears, Observer: Erick Has Many Advantages

JAKARTA - Director of Indonesian Political Houses, Fernando Emas highlighted the demonstrations carried out by a group of people in front of the PDIP and PPP DPP offices with the aspiration of pairing Ganjar Pranowo and Erick Thohir as pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates. According to him, it is natural that the pressure arose because Erick had many advantages.

Fernando said the SOE Minister had advantages in terms of electability. Based on a number of Sigi results from a number of survey institutions in recent months, Erick has always been in the top three positions as the vice presidential candidate most chosen by respondents.

In addition, he continued, Erick Thohir is considered to have financial strength to finance the campaign needs for the 2024 presidential election. That way, presidential candidates paired with Erick do not need to depend on other parties related to financing.

Then, Erick was proven to have succeeded in fixing BUMN. He as chairman of PSSI also succeeded in fixing Indonesian football. With this expertise in the economy and managerial sector, Erick could carry out the task of fixing the Indonesian economy if he succeeded in becoming vice president.

"Erick's excess will make the PDI-P coalition consider Erick Thohir to be a companion to the vice presidential candidate," said Fernando, Friday, October 6.

What Erick must also pay attention to is that it is the only candidate for vice president who comes from areas outside Java. This representation outside Java is certainly important because it represents a fairly large number of votes.

"If Erick is the only contestant for the 2024 presidential election, he is a representative of areas outside Java, where the total number of voters is more than 40 percent," said Fernando.

On Friday afternoon, October 6, a group of people calling themselves Progets held a demonstration in front of the PDIP and PPP DPP offices, which are located next to each other in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta. They voiced their aspirations for Ganjar to be paired with Erick.

"Ganjar-Erick is a pair of catalysts for national political flows and a new partnership in the 2024 Presidential Election," said the sentence listed on the banner carried by the group.