Satisfaction To Jokowi Drops Because Of Expensive Cooking Oil And Fuel Prices

Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Political Indicators Institute (IPI) stated that the level of public satisfaction with the performance of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) continued to decline.

The Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi said that the current level of public satisfaction with Jokowi is 58.1 percent.

"Today, those who said 8 percent were very satisfied, 50.1 percent were quite satisfied, a total of 58.1 percent. Then 29.1 percent were dissatisfied, 6.1 percent were not satisfied, a total of 35.1 percent," he said. Burhanudin in the virtual survey presentation, Sunday, May 15.

Burhanuddin said that in the last few months, inflation conditions in Indonesia had increased.

Correspondingly, satisfaction with Jokowi also declined.

In fact, today's satisfaction with Jokowi is the lowest in the last six years.

"58.1 percent in May 2022 is the lowest figure for the last six years. The last lowest presidential satisfaction rate this low was 2016 which was 59.3 percent," said Burhanuddin.

Burhanuddin also explained the results of a survey regarding the affordability of cooking oil by the public after the case of the cooking oil mafia were revealed and the BLT distributed by the government at this time.

As a result, as many as 72.8 respondents think that currently, the price of cooking oil is less affordable and not affordable at all.

Meanwhile, only 24.6 respondents viewed the price of cooking oil as very affordable, and 2.6 percent did not answer.

"The majority feel that the current price of cooking oil is less or not affordable at all," said Burhanuddin.

Then related to the increase in fuel prices, as many as 30.6 percent of the people considered the government to increase fuel prices to reduce the burden on the state budget.

Meanwhile, 49.1 percent said that the government should try not to increase fuel prices. Also, 20.3 percent did not answer.

"So, most people think that although the current world fuel prices are increasing, the government must try not to increase fuel prices, including if it has to increase debt," he explained.

For information, this survey was conducted in the period 5-10 May 2022.

The population of this survey is Indonesian citizens who have the right to vote in general elections, namely those who are 17 years old or older, or already married when the survey was conducted.

The survey was conducted by telephone contact method through the random digit mailing method with a base sample of 1,228 people.

The survey's margin of error is estimated at 2.9 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.