The Duet Of Anies And Sohibul In The Jakarta Pilkada Is Difficult To Realize

Photos: Anies Baswedan and Sohibul Iman. (doc PKS)

JAKARTA Researcher in the political sector of The Indonesian Institute (TII), Felia Primaresti assessed that the duet between Anies Baswedan and Sohibul Iman which was declared by the Prosperous Justice Party in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada will be difficult to realize.

According to him, there are major challenges faced by PKS and the Anies-Sohibul pair in the midst of a dynamic political situation. Moreover, there was a discourse on the nomination of PSI General Chair, Kaesang Pangarep, who incidentally was the son of President Joko Widodo as a candidate for the Jakarta Pilkada contestant.

If Kaesang really runs, many political parties will be interested in joining and supporting, given the popularity and political influence of his family. Not to mention the factors of Jokowi and his supporters, as well as the experience in the 2024 presidential election," explained Felica, Sunday, June 30, 2024.

In addition, the possibility of the PDI-P carrying Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok is still open despite all the controversies which are considered to already have a track record and experience in Jakarta and loyal supporters are considered to be making it more difficult for the Anies-Sohibul duet.

Felia revealed that this PKS move reflects high-risk consistency, given the position of PKS outside the government. "Even though this is a form of PKS consistency, electoral politics needs to form support with other parties to meet the nomination requirements," he added.

He said that the PKS vote acquisition in the 2024 DKI Jakarta DPRD Member Election with 1,012,028 votes or 16.68 percent was still not enough to carry its own cadre without forming a coalition with other parties. Therefore, if the choice of orientation of PKS is winning the Jakarta Pilkada then you cannot walk alone.

Meanwhile, the Director of the Research and Consulting Algorithm, Aditya Perdana, stated that the pair promoted by PKS would make it difficult for political parties such as NasDem, PKB, and PDIP to decide to form a coalition. Even though the political parties claimed to be interested in supporting Anies Baswedan as Cagub Jakarta 2024.

However, he assessed that the declaration made by PKS was nothing but to increase the party's prestige, apart from becoming PKS' bargaining power in opening up coalition opportunities in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada. Even though they know themselves do not take number one, number two, because Anies is relatively still high in electability," said Aditya.