Public Satisfaction With Jokowi Is 76.7 Percent Ahead Of The Political Year

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The results of a survey conducted by the Indometer survey agency from 21 to 27 January 2023 show that the level of public satisfaction with President Joko Widodo has reached 76.7 percent ahead of the political year.

"The findings of a survey conducted by Indometer show that the level of public satisfaction with Jokowi has reached 76.7 percent," said the Executive Director of the Indometer survey agency, Leonard SB, in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, February 5.

A flashback to the past year shows that the level of public satisfaction with the head of state has remained in the range of above 75 percent. In fact, in the latest survey, 8.6 percent of the public said they were very satisfied with the performance of Jokowi's government.

Still in the same survey, only 21.8 percent were dissatisfied and 1.8 percent of them said they were not satisfied at all, and the rest did not know/did not answer as much as 1.5 percent.

"Ahead of the political year, the public appreciates Jokowi's leadership with a satisfaction rate of 76.7 percent," he said.

He said the assumption that the political year would erode public satisfaction with the former Mayor of Solo was relatively unproven.

Then the political situation heated up based on the interests of political parties to gain votes, despite the fact that most of the parties are in line with the current government.

"For example, NasDem, even though they are in Jokowi's government coalition, chose to carry Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate who often becomes a symbol of Jokowi's opposition and antithesis," said Leonard.

A number of factors are considered to have contributed to the high level of public satisfaction with Jokowi. At the end of 2022 the government has decided to revoke the National Implementation of Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM) policy.

"The lifting of PPKM is the start of the transition towards the end of the pandemic, and gives a positive signal for the movement of the Indonesian economy," he said.

Then amidst the threat of a global recession, Indonesia's economic performance actually tends to be positive and has proven to be resilient.

"Although it is believed that Indonesia will not enter a recession, Jokowi also warns that situations such as a recession will still be felt as the impact of the global economic downturn, especially on the food and energy sectors," he said.

The government is expected to continue to push for measures to prevent the impact of the recession being felt by the public in the form of rising inflation. For example, the increase in the price of rice and cooking oil, especially ahead of Ramadan.

The Indometer survey was conducted on 1,200 respondents in all provinces who were randomly selected at survey levels. The interview was conducted face-to-face using the COVID-19 health protocol with a survey margin of error of around 2.98 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent.