9 Years Leading, 74 Percent Of People Satisfied With Jokowi's Performance

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) (Doc: State Secretariat)

JAKARTA - The results of a survey by the Jakarta Survey Institute (LSJ) for the period 2029 June 2023 show that the majority of respondents or 74.7 percent said they were satisfied and very satisfied with the performance of the President Jokowi after almost 9 years of leading Indonesia," said Research Director of LSJ Fetra Ardianto as quoted by ANTARA, Monday 3 July. Meanwhile, he continued, there was 24 percent of the response that claimed to be dissatisfied or dissatisfied with President Jokowi's performance. The survey involved as many as 1,200 respondents who were Indonesian citizens (WNI) and were at least 17 years old or already had identity cards (KTP). Data collection through interview methods via telephone. The survey has a 95 percent confidence level with a margin of error of about 2.83 percent. Furthermore, Fetra conveyed the high level of respondents' satisfaction with the performance of the number one person in Indonesia has the potential to provide electoral bonuses for presidential candidate candidates (candidates) who obtained endorsements or promotions from Jokowi in the 2024 presidential election. "The figures who received endorsements from Jokowi, tend to gain electoral bonuses alias, have high electability. On the contrary, figures who travel opposite to Jokowi are likely to lose electoral bonuses," said Fetra.

As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential/vice-presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the elections that meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election of DPR members. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that pairs of presidential/vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. In addition, pairs of candidates can also be promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.