VIDEO: Survey Proves That There Are Still A Handful Of Jokowi's Believers Regarding The PKI

JAKARTA - The survey institute Saiful Mujani Research Center (SMRC) released a poll on public attitudes towards the issue of President Joko Widodo's relationship with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

SMRC Program Manager Saidiman Ahmad said that the propaganda linking Jokowi and the PKI had been rolled out several times over the years.

"We want to see how the public perceives the issue that President Jokowi is a person associated with the PKI. We usually hear propaganda that the President is a PKI person," said SMRC Program Manager Saidiman Ahmad in a virtual survey presentation, Friday, October 1.

As a result, there are still 8 percent of respondents who agree with the notion that Jokowi is related to the PKI. Then, 65 percent disagreed and 16 percent did not answer.

"Generally, the public does not believe the accusation. This has no basis at the level of the masses or the Indonesian public," said Saidiman.

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