INDEX Survey: Public Satisfaction With Jokowi's Performance Is Still High

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JAKARTA - The Indonesia Elections and Strategic Research (INDEX) Research survey shows that respondents' satisfaction level with President Joko Widodo's performance is still high.

"It has decreased slightly, although in general, the level of satisfaction remains high", said researcher Reza Reinaldi, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 7.

According to him, the impact of rising prices for several commodities will affect the level of public satisfaction with Jokowi. However, despite the correction, the respondent's satisfaction with Jokowi remains in the range of a fairly high number.

The level of public satisfaction with Jokowi reached 79.3 percent, of which 6.3 percent were very satisfied. This figure is down from the previous survey in January 2022 which was above 80 percent.

In contrast, respondents' dissatisfaction with Jokowi increased to 19.4 percent, of which 2.3 percent were not satisfied at all, while the remaining 1.3 percent did not know and did not answer.

According to Reza, the declining level of satisfaction should be an early warning for the Government to take more appropriate policies.

"In the case of cooking oil, the policy of the Ministry of Commerce is changing and creating queues everywhere", he added.

Moreover, it happened before the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, so the government had to take precise steps to prevent price spikes that trigger inflation.

He said the President seemed to have caught the public's disquiet and wanted the ranks of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet to immediately take priority steps to address the issue.

This is shown by the attitude of President Jokowi who asked all parties to stop the discourse of extending the term of office to three terms and focus on addressing global inflation, he said.

He added that the public is still waiting for the Government's consistency in deciding the strategy to overcome the problem. If it is not managed properly, it could have an impact on the decline in the level of public satisfaction, he said.

The INDEX Research survey was conducted on March 21-30, 2022, involving 1,200 respondents representing all provinces and randomly selected stratified. The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews, with a margin of error of around 2.9 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent.