More Intimate, Anies-Ridwan Kamil Eat Porridge Together In Bandung, What Is A Sign?

Governor of DKI Anies Baswedan-Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil (DOK ANTARA/HO PEMPRV JABAR)

JAKARTA - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil invites DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to enjoy the atmosphere of Bandung City on Thursday, February 24 evening.

The man who is familiarly called Kang Emil took Anies on foot along Jalan Asia Afrika and ate chicken porridge together. They did this after speaking at the U20 Talks forum at the Pullman Hotel, Bandung.

They show this togetherness in their respective Instagram accounts. Seen in aniesbaswedan's Instagram upload, Anies and Kang Emil said that they both like stirred porridge.

There is a political message that can be captured, according to political observer from Al-Azhar University, Ujang Komarudin.

Ujang assessed that Anies and Kang Emil wanted to attract the sympathy of the public and political parties as potential non-party figures to become presidential candidates.

"Both of them have the same fate. Both have decent electability, want to run for president, but don't have a party. Both of them also maintain the momentum of intimacy to attract attention," said Ujang when contacted, Friday, February 25.

However, he continued, Anies and Kang Emil could not possibly be side by side as a presidential candidate (candidate) and a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) given the current conditions.

Anies Baswedan with Ridwan Kamil (Instastory aniesbaswedan)

Given, presidential candidates must be carried by a party or coalition of parties that has a minimum of 20 percent of the seats in parliament. It seems, said Ujang, that the party cannot possibly be willing that its two leading figures in the 2024 presidential election are not from their party cadres.

"If it's a pair, it's hard because both of them are not party cadres. The party will not want to support and stretcher. Usually the party supports one chairman or another party cadre from a non-party," said Ujang.

Previously, Anies and Kang Emil's "intimacy" was also shown on February 16. At that time, they duel on penalty kicks at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS).