Jokowi-Prabowo Eating Meatballs Together Is Considered Threatening Anies And Ganjar

President Joko Widodo ate meatballs with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto in Magelang, Central Java, Monday (29/1/2024) (doc Gerindra)

JAKARTA - After dinner, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was now caught eating meatballs with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto after inaugurating Graha Utama of the Military Academy of Magelang, Central Java, yesterday afternoon. The moment of eating meatballs together then became the focus of various parties. Political analyst and Executive Director of Aljabar Strategic, Arifki Chaniago assessed that eating meatballs in the style of Jokowi and Prabowo had their own impressions. Although it looks normal, Jokowi's symbol of support for Prabowo was read higher. "Eating meatballs together is normal in the daily lives of the Indonesian people. However, this problem is that Prabowo and Jokowi meatballs. The symbolic message is certainly very strong, especially during the momentum of the presidential election," said Arifki in Jakarta, Tuesday, January 30. According to Arifki, the symbolic meeting will bring up many public interpretations. The more discussed, he said, will actually benefit the presidential candidate number 2 ahead of the voting day of the 2024 presidential election.

Meanwhile, Presidential Candidate number 1 Anies Baswedan and Presidential Candidate number 3 Ganjar Pranowo, said Arifki, would certainly consider that Jokowi's support for Prabowo was getting stronger because he often ate together. "Psychologically, Prabowo and Jokowi eating meatballs together is certainly more threatening for Ganjar-Mahfud and Anies-Imin than political statements. Because symbols are difficult to find loopholes, while verbal statements in the critical space are open," explained Arifki.