Survey Of Indicators: Improving National Economy Affects Jokowi's Performance Satisfaction And The Role Of Airlangga Hartarto

The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo and the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi said the increase in public satisfaction with President Jokowi's performance was influenced by the national economy which continued to improve.

"The improvement in public satisfaction is due to the perception that the national economy continues to improve and the government's success in controlling COVID-19," said Burhan, quoted from Antara, Monday, December 6.

Based on the results of a survey conducted by Indonesian Political Indicators, the level of public satisfaction reached 72 percent, an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous three months which was only 59 percent.

The handling of these two vital issues cannot be separated from the performance of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs as well as the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN).

"The fantastic increase in public satisfaction with the President cannot be separated from the figure of Airlangga Hartarto as Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery," he said.

He said Airlangga had made many policy breakthroughs so that Indonesia would get out of the health and economic crisis. On the one hand, this positive trend did not affect the election of the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party's DPP.

Based on the survey results, 10.6 percent of the people were very satisfied, 61.4 were quite satisfied, 24.5 percent were not satisfied, 2.8 percent were not satisfied at all, and 0.7 percent answered they did not know or did not answer.

The improvement in the national economy has helped correct public perceptions of the implementation of democracy and the increasing national political conditions, he said.

"So the economy really has a tremendous impact, being a significant determinant that explains a lot of things," he explained.

The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey was conducted from November 2 to 6, 2021, involving 2,020 respondents, including a base sample of 1,220 and an oversample of 800 who had the right to vote and used the "multistage random sampling" method.

The average deviation ("margin of error") of the research results is about 2.9 percent with a 95 percent confidence level.