Not A Natural Phenomenon, The Discourse Of Postponing Elections Is Assessed As An Agenda For Political Cukongs

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JAKARTA - The Executive Director of the Voxpol Center for Research and Consulting, Pangi Syarwi Chaniago, assessed that the discourse on postponing the 2024 General Election was not a proposal that came naturally. According to him, this discourse was deliberately raised for the bargaining value of the presidential candidates in the eyes of the owners of capital.

"I suspect that this is a design operation, not a natural phenomenon. There is a huge political cost circulating," Pangi said in Jakarta, Monday, February 28. The reason, said Pangi, is that the reasons for the proposers are almost the same, namely that public satisfaction with the performance of the Jokowi government is still quite high. In fact, he said, Jokowi's success was only used as a shield by the owners of capital so as not to lose money in the 2024 Simultaneous Election. Moreover, Pangi said, the electability of the names of presidential candidates in the ruling circle was relatively low. For example, the General Chairperson of the PKB Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar and also the General Chairperson of the PAN Zulkifli Hasan. According to Pangi, these two names have electability that is far from satisfactory when compared to the names of other presidential candidates such as DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.

"So, actually, this is the agenda of the bohirs or political cukongs for the big financing for the presidential candidates," he said. "I'm worried that these cukong and bohirs feel that they have benefited during Jokowi's tenure, so they are really not happy and comfortable if President Jokowi is no longer in power," Pangi concluded.