BRIN Researcher: It's Been 2 Periods, Mr. Jokowi's Job Is To Be Ready For The 2024 General Election To Be Successful, Not A 'Chat' For Presidential Candidate Recruitment

Screenshots of BRIN Researcher Siti Zuhro (left two) in the discussion "Merangkum 2022, Welcoming 2023" were monitored on the KedaiKOPI Survey YouTube channel in Jakarta, Sunday (12/18/2022). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Political researcher of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Siti Zuharo said President Joko Widodo's main duties and functions in the second term of his leadership were to prepare for the simultaneous 2024 General Election to be successful. "Pak Jokowi has been for two terms. The main task is how to prepare for the 2024 election to be successful. So, not recruiting presidential candidates, no," said Siti in the discussion Summarizing 2022, welcoming 2023 as monitored on the KedaiKOPI Survey YouTube channel in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, December 18. Siti said the task of preparing the 2024 Simultaneous Elections was successful, including keeping state high institutions, be it the MPR, DPR, or DPD, from creating uncertainty perceptions in the public. "It's not limping yourself like that, so it's so boisterous to be low on its own," he added. Therefore, according to him, Jokowi needs to reduce the discourse on extending the three-term term to the proposed postponement of elections so as not to cause a commotion in the community. "This includes increasing public trust in the Government," added the woman who is familiarly called Wiwik. "Well, this is among other things that I think the government may have to tidy up, yes, how steps to get to 2024 so that the election is successful," he added. He also assessed that the political dynamics in 2023 will determine the conditions for holding the upcoming 2024 General Election. "What will this 2023 look like in the future, what will our simultaneous elections look like in 2024, because the practice of elections is three elections together, legislative elections, presidential elections, and simultaneous regional elections," he explained. Political dynamics in 2022, which will end soon, will also underlie the political dynamics of 2023. "Politics in 2022 has started to warm up the community with the name of a volunteer in its own way, the declaration of a presidential candidate," he said. He also warned that there would be a match with identity politics that could divide society in the coming political year. According to him, the latent danger that needs to be feared is actually social and economic inequality. Therefore, he hopes that the elites and political leaders can maintain stability for the sake of the 2024 election of quality and civilization.