PSI Claims Jakarta Residents No Longer Want Anies

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPP Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) William Aditya Sarana assessed that Jakarta residents no longer want Anies Baswedan to lead as governor and deputy governor, especially in the 2024 Pilkada in Jakarta.

"I see that DKI Jakarta residents don't really want Pak Anies anymore. Why? Because Mr. Anies himself in Jakarta has a presidential candidate vote of less than 50 percent," William told reporters, Tuesday, March 26 evening.

In the results of the 2024 presidential election vote recapitulation, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair received 2,653,762 votes. This number is slightly smaller than Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka's vote which received 2,692,011 votes. This is what underlies PSI considers Anies no longer wanted by Jakarta residents.

"Pak Anies himself in Jakarta got the presidential candidate vote below 50 percent. So, he doesn't win in Jakarta. Actually, it is a sign that more people in DKI Jakarta don't want Pak Anies," said William.

On the one hand, PSI is now starting to look for figures who will be promoted as candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta. The criteria for the candidate for governor of DKI to be elected by PSI are the new Joko Widodo figures or figures who have similar performance to Jokowi.

During his tenure as Governor of DKI Jakarta from 2012 to 2014, Jokowi was claimed by PSI to be the regional head who had the courage to execute the DKI Provincial Government's policies and had good results.

"We see that Pak Jokowi is really inversely proportional to Pak Anies. Pak Jokowi is a leader who doesn't talk much, does a lot of work. Dare to execute, dare to take breakthroughs. We see a longing from the community to return to have a governor like Pak Jokowi," said William.

William admitted that his party had not conducted a direct field survey regarding the satisfaction of the people of Jakarta regarding Jokowi's performance while serving as Governor of DKI.

However, at least PSI has captured the aspirations of its constituents who really want a figure like Jokowi to continue his leadership in Jakarta.

"We are trying to attract communication with PSI constituents. They want a governor of DKI Jakarta who is similar to Pak Jokowi. So I don't think this is a claim, yes, but a longing that I think we should answer," he added.