Prabowo-Gibran Wins Quick Count, Bahlil: Shocked Because Our Target Is A Maximum Of 54 Percent

Presidential Candidate number 2, Prabowo Subianto. (doc. Gerindra Faction)

JAKARTA - Head of the Strategic Work Team (TKS) Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Bahlil Lahadalia, expressed his appreciation to the younger generation of Indonesia who have helped to win candidate pair number 2. According to him, this victory is a sweet fruit from Gibran's presence, which proves that support for young people is not just rhetoric. "Indeed, Mas Gibran represents young people, because there are no presidential and vice presidential candidates except Mas Gibran under 40 years old," Bahlil said in a written statement, Thursday, February 15. Of the total 2024 Election Fixed Voter List (DPT) of around 204 million votes, more than 52 percent or about 106 million votes are young voters. Of these, the largest portion is voters aged 17-30 years around 31.2 percent or reaching 63 million people. The man who serves as Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Agency also called Prabowo-Gibran's achievement a victory for the people. This expression cannot be separated from the quick count version victory which is far from expected, with a range of 57-60 percent. In fact, the internal calculation of the Prabowo-Gibran team estimates that the number to be obtained is only around 54 percent. At first, not a few people ridiculed Gibran. Along with the campaign process, Gibran managed to prove that he was worthy of being Prabowo's companion. Bahlil also believes that the scorn that was originally addressed to Gibran has now turned into support. “ Don't create stories and hallucinations that corner people. People who previously didn't like it, could like it, could be sympathy. So be careful, ” said Bahlil. This “Honestly it became something extraordinary. We ourselves were shocked, because our target is a maximum of 54 percent. We are fair to that target, but we cannot stop the people. This is an extraordinary political reality,” said Bahlil. " “ I, TKS friends, and volunteers consider this the work of all, the results of the people's work, and the good results of political education for the involvement of the people who exercise their right to vote," he continued.

The same appreciation was also expressed by the National Coordinator for State Success, Muhammad Pradana Indraputra, who said that the participation of young people in this contestation played an important role in Prabowo-Gibran's victory. "If we look at the data, voters are the most young people, and indeed we from this country's youth volunteers are focused on young people. Hopefully this will be a separate picture of the results of our good work and hard work at 02 in achieving and embracing young people in Indonesia,” he said. "I am sure that it is reflected in the level of youth participation in choosing which should also be high and will affect our electability," he concluded.