PAN Believes Jokowi Effect Is Still In Jakarta, PKS Is Wrong

PAN Deputy Viva Yoga Mauladi and PAN leadership during a press conference at the PAN DPP Office/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - PAN Deputy Viva Yoga Mauladi denied the assumption that PKS regarding the effect of President Joko Widodo or 'Jokowi Effect' would not have an effect, aka fading in the upcoming 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. According to Viva, as a former governor of DKI, Jokowi still has influence in Jakarta. He considered, the small effect of a figure must be studied to be more accurate. "Pak Jokowi is a former governor of DKI, the traces are still there. I think (the effect, res) is still there," Viva told reporters, Friday, June 28. Viva then mentioned the Kompas Research and Development survey which recorded Jokowi's influence in the 2024 Pilkada was still around 54 percent. According to him, it is only natural that Jokowi's influence in every regional head election still exists. "The existence of Jokowi Effect in the 2024 Pilkada, 54 percent based on the results of a survey from Litbang Kompas. So later it will still have an effect, it is reasonable. But it all depends on regional conditions," he said. Moreover, said Viva, if the candidate for regional head supported by Jokowi is also side by side with the candidate promoted by the elected Presidential political party, Prabowo Subianto. "It is necessary to pay close attention to the coattail effect of local figures, whose spectrum is certainly broad. Limited, from the number of voters, and the area. All of this is accumulated, it will become a large wave of support for the pair of candidates supported by Pak Jokowi, Pak Prabowo, and local figures who have strong political influence," explained Viva. Previously, the Chairman of the PKS DPP, Mardani Ali Sera, commented on the results of the Kompas Research and Development survey which stated that many respondents considered candidates for regional elections who had a relationship with President Joko Widodo. According to Mardani, the survey results will change. Because, he said, everything is dynamic, including Jokowi's influence. Moreover, he said, soon President Jokowi will enter his retirement period.

"Pak Jokowi will also play on October 20, 2024, so that on November 27, during the Pilkada everything is still dynamic," said Mardani, through his X account, Sunday, June 23. "The point is, stay optimistic and don't depend on certain figures," he continued.