Ridwan Kamil Surprised And Flattered, Based On The Survey Results His Name Becomes The Strongest Candidate After Sandiaga

West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil admitted that he was both flattered and surprised by the results of the national survey being one place behind Sandiaga Uno, who has experience participating in the 2019 presidential election as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres). The survey was titled Economic Recovery Post COVID-19, Pandemic Fatigue, and Electoral Dynamics Ahead of the 2024 General Election which will be held on 6 to 11 December 2021 by the survey agency Indicator. it comes from people's choices, even though it's just the perception that day when the survey was conducted, right," said Ridwan Kamil in a statement received by reporters in Bandung, reported by Antara, Tuesday, January 11. Ridwan Kamil was in second place with 15.3 percent in the under the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf), Sandiaga Uno who won 25 percent. The figure was obtained from the question of who the vice president will be elected if the presidential election is held at this time.

The percentage achieved by Ridwan Kamil and Sandiaga Uno can only be approached by the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who won 12 percent. The rest, other names such as SOE Minister Erick Thohir or Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto only scored below 10 percent. Therefore, Ridwan Kamil did not want various survey results from institutions, especially those related to the presidential election to make him blur his focus on running duties as Governor of West Java. Moreover, based on his experience, there are political performances that surveys cannot read. For example, he said again, when he ran as a candidate for Mayor of Bandung in 2013, the survey results started from six percent. In voting, he and Oded were declared to have won the political contest by winning 45 percent of the vote. He also gave another example, namely during the West Java gubernatorial election, the electability rate of one of his competitors in the survey was only 12 percent. During the election, even though he lost, his competitor could win 29 percent of the vote. "There are political works that are not read by the survey. However, in the context of the survey, it is more relevant when the names of the candidates have been officially paired," he also said.