Ahmad Sahroni's billboard in the striking Senayan area (Moksa Hutasoit/VOI)
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JAKARTA - The billboards of the NasDem Party DPP Treasurer Ahmad Sahroni with the jargon "Dream of being President" were scattered in several regions of Indonesia, recently seen in Padang City. On the billboard, Sahroni wore a jacket bearing the NasDem Party logo. His hands were raised up holding a poster that reads “Dream of being a President.” On his right and left, many children pointed at him, smiling.
This billboard then brought speculation from various parties, especially regarding the possibility that Sahroni would actually run as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
So, does Sahroni intend to participate in the 2024 presidential election contestation? Is he looking for a sensation or joining PSI General Chair Giring Ganesha, who always boasts about being president?
A political observer from Al Azhar University in Indonesia, Ujang Komaruddin, believes that there are two implicit points in the billboard. First, they want to seek news publicity so that they can attract the public.
"Usually news or publications that attract the public are something different from what other politicians do," Ujang told VOI, Monday, January 10. Second, he continued, it could be that he wanted to satirize Giring Ganesha. It is known, Giring has also been seen on a billboard that reads "Giring for President 2024".
"Because if we look at the capacity of Giring-Sahroni, it's not about the presidential candidate. So indeed Sahroni may be the target for the governor or vice governor candidate but the news is brought to the presidential candidate so that his publicity is seen by the public," explained Ujang.
Furthermore, regarding the candidacy, the Executive Director of the Indonesia Political Review (IPR) said that the two were still very far away. The reason is, the electability of both Giring and Sahroni is only zero to zero.
"So I see that Sahroni has made two points. If we talk about the real president, he must also have electability. We know that Giring is zero, Sahroni has zero electability of the president," he said.
"But for the governor, Sahroni can be considered strong because he is indeed a member of the DPR for the DKI Dapil," said Ujang.
The same thing was said by the political observer from Al Azhar University Indonesia, Andriadi Achmad. He considered that Ahmad Sahroni's goal of putting up a "Dream of being President" billboard was to insinuate PSI General Chair Giring Ganesha. Where previously, Giring also put up a billboard that read "Giring for President 2024".
Andriadi said that the insinuation of the dream of becoming a president is like a saying that the fire is far from roasted.
At the same time, he said, Sahroni gently defended Giring's insinuation, which had recently attacked the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. It is known that Sahroni was appointed by Anies as the chief executive of Formula E.
"Actually, Ahmad Sahroni's actions are a subtle form of his defense of Anies Baswedan, who has recently been criticized by the General Manager of PSI Giring in leading DKI Jakarta," Andriadi told VOI, Monday, January 10.
In PSI's view through Giring Ganesha, continued the Executive Director of PolCom SRC, Anies does not seem to have made any proud achievements. Of course, according to him, that is an unproductive view of the opposition.
"The true and productive opposition is appreciating the achievements of the government in power, and strongly criticizing and straightening programs or agendas that are not in line with the interests of the people, especially in Jakarta," said Andriadi.
Meanwhile, Sahroni as a NasDem politician and the Chief Executive of Formula E as well as the candidate his party is waiting for for the 2024 DKI Jakarta governor election, said Andriadi, it is only natural that he defends Anies Baswedan.
"As we all know, there is a certain closeness between Anies and the chairman of the NasDem Party, Surya Paloh, in the 2024 national leadership succession agenda. Even though NasDem has not officially declared Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate for 2024, it is only a matter of time," said Andriadi.
After an investigation, Sahroni's billboard that reads 'dream of being president' has indeed been spread in several regions of Indonesia since the end of 2020.
Meanwhile, Giring had declared himself running as a presidential candidate earlier than Sahroni's billboards were spread. Giring is ready to become a presidential candidate since August 2020.
Apparently, Ahmad Sahroni has already spoken about the billboard "Dream of being President" plastered on roads in South Sumatra. According to him, the installation of the billboards was an initiative of local residents to welcome the arrival of the Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR.
"Regarding the billboard as president in Palembang, it was indeed the initiative of the local youth committee to welcome me when I visited there last week," said Sahroni in his statement, Saturday, December 20, 2020.
Regarding the jargon, Sahroni also admitted that he was not meant to insinuate each person. He said, the words "Dream of becoming President" have indeed become his trademark.
"As for the quote, that's my trademark. You can check it anywhere, whether it's seminars, Youtube interviews, or whatever, that I've always dreamed of becoming a more successful person," he explained.
The legislator from Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta also explained that since he used to be a driver, he had always dreamed of becoming a more successful person.
"Since I was clumsy, from being a driver, I've always dreamed of becoming a more successful person. Yes, thank God, I'm successful now, so if you ask me what my dream is, I want to be president," he continued.
The NasDem Party politician also emphasized that the billboards did not contain any political intent, and instead was a form of encouragement for young people to dare to dream like himself. It can be seen that the billboard does not have the logo or name of the party where it belongs.
"I've also discussed with the committee who made it, yes, this doesn't have any political intent. It can be noticed that the billboard is just my photo, there are no party attributes for example," he explained.
Sahroni actually admitted that the goal of "Dream of becoming President" is to motivate young people to dare to dream as high as possible.
"Because this is indeed the goal to motivate young people to dream as high as possible. Here I am giving an example that people who used to be poor, clumsy like me also have the right to want to dream," concluded Sahroni.
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