Three Presidential Candidate Teams Claim To Use UMKM-made Campaign Performance Equipment

JAKARTA - Three winning teams for presidential candidates (candidates) and vice presidential candidates (cawapres) in serial numbers 01, 02 and 03 claimed that the Campaign Performance Tool (APK) used was not imported but made in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Deputy General Treasurer of the Paslon 2 National Campaign Team (TKN), Bobby Gafur Umar explained, 100 percent of the APK used for the campaign in the 2024 General Election was made locally.

"We, from the Paslon 2 team, optimize the program for using domestic products and we already have suppliers and vendors that we have prepared from a long time ago. Our policy in providing APK optimizes domestic products," Bobby said in the Presidential Candidate Dialogue with Kadin: Towards Golden Indonesia, Wednesday, January 10.

Meanwhile, the National Winning Team for Paslon 3 Ganjar-Mahfud, Denon Prawiraatmadja also ensured that his party used the APK from domestic self-help volunteers.

"We use the APB supported from self-help volunteers and we actually empower all volunteers independently in preparing the APB. In addition to the materials we produce from within the country and independently distribute the APK," said Denon.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Expert Council of the Paslon 1 National Team Anies Baswedan-Muhammad Iskandar (AMIN), Wijayanto Samirin admitted that his party did not order many APKs.

However, said Wijayanto, because of the complaints from the MSMEs, his party is thinking about using a local-made APK.

"I've never ordered many APKs, so I don't think it's a question but a good idea. In many volunteers, there are no billboards because billboards are in our hearts, our hearts are 100 percent of domestic products," he said.

For your information, the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) noted that there has been no significant impact felt by MSME actors related to the production of APK. Especially for MSME players in the field of convection and collaboration who produce and sell APK products.

In fact, convection traders operating in Tahan Abang Market and PD Jaya Pasar Senen Jakarta admitted that they experienced a decline in sales of MSME products for their campaigns compared to the 2019 election period.