Prabowo Will Become A Presidential Candidate Again, Arief Poyuono: The Chance Of Winning Is Not Safe, Faced By A Young And Energetic Presidential Candidate

JAKARTA - Prabowo Subianto will be promoted again as a presidential candidate in 2024 by Gerindra. But Prabowo will face a number of figures who are also said to be capable of stalking behind their backs.

"Although there is still a chance to advance, winning is not an easy matter, all Gerindra cadres must work hard. The chance to win is still 30-70 percent, it's still not safe to win," Gerindra politician Arief Poyuono told VOI, Monday, October 11.

For Poyuono personally, Prabowo Subianto's advancement must also look at political and social realities.

"Because what Prabowo will be facing will be young and energetic presidential candidates who have already started to do imagery and spread the charm of empty messages that might make people sedated by them," he said.

"Meanwhile, Prabowo is currently very busy taking care of defense, carrying out the duties of the president to be successful and not thinking about running for president again," continued Arief Poyuono.

But according to him, it is possible that Gerindra will intensively promote Prabowo's candidacy in the 2024 presidential election starting in 2022.

"And I think that if Gerindra is in a coalition with PDIP and Prabowo is paired with Puan Maharani, there is a chance to win, because PDIP cadres are known to be militant and solid if they carry the vice presidential candidate, especially if it is approved by Megawati," said Arief Poyuono.

For the umpteenth time, Gerindra Secretary General Ahmad Muzani has echoed Prabowo Subianto's 2024 presidential candidacy plan. If he really runs, this will be the third time for Prabowo to compete as a presidential candidate after running 2 times and losing in the previous presidential election against Joko Widodo.

"I say, in 2024, Pak Prabowo, God willing, will advance in the presidential election. His progress is because of the massive demand from us all, the people's expectations are high, development must continue, our ideals as a party have not been realized," said Muzani.

Muzani said that in the 2019 presidential election, Prabowo as a presidential candidate managed to win in South Sulawesi with a percentage of 57 percent.

For this reason, he asked all administrators of the DPD, DPC, PAC to branches in South Sulawesi to close ranks so that the target of winning the presidential election with the target of 65 percent of the vote could be achieved.

"Our determination to win Pak Prabowo in 2024 must be greater, I respectfully request that no members of the South Sulawesi DPRD cause us to lose," he said.

But the determination made by Gerindra can be compared with the results of a political survey. A number of sigi results show that Prabowo Subianto is still the champion.

However, new figures who are emerging from a national perspective—at least in terms of electability—are ready to jump one more time in front of taking public support positions than Prabowo.

This condition is reflected in the latest survey from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) which noted that public support for the General Chairperson of Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto to become president has decreased. Meanwhile, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan experienced increased public support.

"Prabowo received 18.1 percent support, followed by Ganjar Pranowo 15.8 percent and Anies Baswedan 11.1 percent," said SMRC Research Director, Deni Irvani, in the release of a public opinion survey entitled 'Parties and Presidential Candidates: Trends in Voters' Attitudes Towards 2024 ' in Jakarta, Thursday, October 7th.

Meanwhile, he continued, Minister Sandiaga Uno got 4.8 percent, and other names under 4 percent. "There are 16.3 percent who do not answer or do not know," he continued.

Deni explained, from March 2020 to September 2021, support for Ganjar Pranowo in the semi-open simulation rose from 6.9 percent to 15.8 percent. Meanwhile, support for Anies Baswedan rose slightly from 10.1 percent to 11.1 percent.

"Meanwhile, support for Prabowo Subianto tends to weaken from 19.5 percent to 18.1 percent," he said.