BRIN: The Performance Of The Jokowi Government As A Result Of Suvei Can Be The Capital Campaign For The Minister Of Advances In The 2024 Presidential Election

President Jokowi in his plenary cabinet session at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday 9 May 2022. (BPMI Setkab dock)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey showed that 71.3 percent of respondents were satisfied with the performance of the Joko Widodo Government. Those who were satisfied included 41.2 percent because of the government's policy of providing assistance and 24.4 percent related to road infrastructure development.

Researcher from the Political Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Aisah Putri Budiatri or Puput, said that public satisfaction with the Jokowi government could be a campaign capital for ministers who will compete in the 2024 presidential election. "Of course it is not wrong if the government, the president, and the minister use the survey results to show the teeth of their work. Especially in the context of electoralism," he said in Jakarta, Friday, January 6.

According to Puput, it is not a problem when the minister uses the survey results to become the main capital in the presidential and election campaigns in 2024. Puput assessed that the ministers competing in the election are certainly politicians. So that the work and experience records, including the results of public satisfaction surveys, are common for use.

"Even if the program is wanted by the public and gets high public satisfaction, it can become an icon of the minister or president figure, and is promised as a follow-up program if elected or wins the election," he said.

However, Puput emphasized that the important thing that must be considered is that the candidates do not stop at the survey level. Because, he said, there must be further evaluation of the program while serving as Jokowi's minister.

"Including, for example, the root of the problem in the community, the extent to which the planning and implementation are effective, as well as what must be done and developed from existing programs," he concluded. It is known that a number of ministers in the cabinet are predicted to run for the 2024 presidential election, including Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir, and Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno.