The Role Of President Prabowo Subianto And Jokowi For Ridwan Kamil In The Jakarta Pilkada

President Prabowo Subianto had dinner with Jakarta Governor Ridwan Kamil at RM Padang Garuda in Central Jakarta, Thursday (31/10/2024). (Instagram/@Prabowo)

JAKARTA - Ridwan Kamil's meeting with President Prabowo Subianto and the seventh president Joko Widodo confirmed the support of the two most influential people ahead of the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.

"Alhamdulillah, 1 hour joking and discussing many things, including IKN as curator," Ridwan Kamil wrote on his social media account, as a description of the photo meeting with Prabowo.

The man who was summoned by Bang Emil after running for Cagub Jakarta is known to meet Prabowo on Thursday (31/10/2024). He admitted that he received a dinner invitation from the president, who also uploaded the moment of the meeting on his personal Instagram account.

The next day, Ridwan Kamil flew to Solo, Central Java, to meet Jokowi who spent his retirement there.

Chairman of the Projo Jakarta Regional Leadership Council (DPD) Lucky Schramm said the meeting between RK and Jokowi was just a gathering and discussing plans for the future.

"Ask for other inputs, that's it. Like that," he said, citing Tempo.

Meanwhile, regarding dinner with Prabowo, RK admitted to discussing many things, including the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago. Since December 2023, the former Governor of West Java has indeed received a new assignment from Jokowi to be the curator to evaluate all physical projects at IKN.

Ridwan Kamil's meeting with Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo cannot be seen as normal moments. Moreover, this is only a few days before the 2024 Pilkada which will be held simultaneously on November 27.

Ridwan Kamil, who is paired with Suswono, will fight for the seat of Governor of Jakarta. The RIDO pair will face Pramono Anung-Rano Karno, who is promoted by the PDI-P and independent candidate Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana.

The RK-Suswono duet itself was carried by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) Plus which contains 12 political parties, including Gerindra, Golkar Party, PKS, PKB, and NasDem.

Executive Director of Nusantara Institute Political Communication Studies and Research Center (PolCom SRC) Andriadi Achmad said the meeting between RK and Prabowo confirmed the support of the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party for the number 1 candidate.

"It is certain that President Prabowo supports R1DO, it is indeed the R1DO pair supported by KIM Plus," Andriadi told VOI.

Likewise with Jokowi, who served as Governor of Jakarta before running in the 2014 presidential election. Jokowi is also now on good terms with Prabowo, so Andriadi does not doubt the support of the former Mayor of Solo for Bang Emil.

"As a supporter of Prabowo in the 2024 presidential election, in my opinion, Jokowi's Jakarta Pilkada is more inclined to support the RK-Suswono pair," he said.

"As the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Jokowi's footsteps still feel shaking in DK Jakarta. Therefore, Jokowi's support is important for the victory of R1DO in the Jakarta Pilkada," Andriadi said again.

A number of survey institutions have released the latest poll results related to the electability of the cagub in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. However, interestingly, there are differences in poll results in several survey institutions.

The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) and Poltracking Indonesia have different conclusions regarding the results of the Jakarta cagub and cawagub electability surveys.

The Poltracking survey put the RK-Suswono pair in first place with an electability rate of 51.6 percent, followed by Pramono-Rano with 36.4 percent.

Meanwhile, the LSI survey revealed that the Pramono-Rano pair had the highest electability, namely 41.6 percent, beating the electability of RK-Suswono by 37.4 percent in the poll for the period 10-17 October 2024.

Finally, the Kompas Research and Development survey showed that the Pramono-Rano Karno pair competed closely with RK-Suswono. Pramono-Rano's electability was recorded at 38.3 percent, RK-Suswono 34.6 percent, and Dharma-Kun 3.3 percent.

Last week's meeting with Prabowo Subianto and Jokowi was believed by Andriadi Achmad to help boost his electability which was starting to be overtaken by the Pramono-Rano pair.

"Support between Prabowo and Jokowi is very important for the R1DO pair to increase or stabilize electability," said Andriadi.

Andriadi did not deny that the existence of Rano Karno who was identified with Betawi's children thanks to the film Si Doel Anak Sekolah was enough to boost the electability of the PDIP-backed couple.

In the context of electability, recently the R1DO pair tended to decline. The strength of the Cawagub Rano Karno 'Si Doel' who was identified with the figure of a Betawi child slightly boosted the electability of the Pramono - Rano Karno pair, but not too cynical, "he concluded.