BRIN Predicts Prabowo Like Jokowi Implements A Strategy For The Absence Of Strong Opposition

President Jokowi during an inspection of the office of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. (Instagram prabowo)

JAKARTA - The Head of the BRIN Political Research Center, Athiqah Nur Alami, views that Prabowo Subianto's strategy of running a government is likely similar to that run by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the form of a real and strong opposition absence. The government coalition, which is so fat and the absence or weakness of opposition, will not occur," he said in a discussion entitled "Quao Vadis Democracy Indonesia Post Constitutional Court Decision" monitored from Jakarta, Monday, April 29, was confiscated by Antara. Athiqah's statement was not without reason to see Prabowo Subianto, who was very active and aggressively building a coalition, not only with political parties supporting him, but also political parties supporting other candidate pairs such as Nasdem and PKB. Even Nasdem and PKB have expressed their stance to support Prabowo's government.

According to Athiqah, a fat government coalition risks reducing the quality of democracy. This condition threatens the continuity and future of democracy in Indonesia.

On April 22, 2024, the Constitutional Court (MK) read out the decision regarding the dispute over the results of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres). MK rejected the dispute over the 2024 presidential election proposed by candidate pair number 1 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and candidate pair number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. With the Constitutional Court's decision, the General Election Commission (KPU) determined that the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming pair was the winner of the 2024 Election contestation and was determined to be the president and vice president of Indonesia for the period 2024 to 2029.

BRIN Research Center researcher Lili Romli said that if later the opposition was weak during the Prabowo administration, the DPR would be barren. Various policies made have the potential to always harm the interests of the people and defend the interests of the oligarchy. "Five years Jokowi's government has proven that when there is no significant opposition. If what happens later after October 20, the majority political party joins, I have the confidence that the DPR will be barren," said Lili. Furthermore, she stated that the hope of living with the PDI-P and PKS to remain standing as an opposition party that is not tempted.