Usung Gus Yusuf Di Pilkada Jateng, PKB: Yang Ada Anak Presiden, Kita Perlunya Kiai

PKB Deputy Chair Jazilul Fawaid/DOK PHOTO: DIah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Deputy General Chairperson (Waketum) of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Jazilul Fawaid explained the reason his party wanted to carry the Chairman of the Central Java PKB DPW, Muhammad Yusuf Chudlori alias Gus Yusuf in the Central Java gubernatorial election.

Jazilul assessed that Central Java needs to have leaders from among religious leaders. Gus Yusuf, in his view, met these criteria more than the candidates who are now appearing in the Central Java gubernatorial candidate exchange.

"Today, none of the kiai and pesantren elements are advancing except Gus Yusuf. In Central Java, we also need to propose an alternative cagub. There are former Panglima, former Kapolda, the President's son. Well, it also needs to be from the kiai," Jazilul told reporters, Wednesday, July 24.

Menurut Jazilul, Jawa Tengah membutuhkan pemimpin yang memiliki "warna" agamis dan nasionalis. Hal ini ditangkap PKB setelah menerima banyak aspirasi dari masyarakat.

"Well, it just so happened that the party, which had been close to and captured the aspirations of the PKB kiai and happened to be in Central Java PKB, the second winning party," said Jazilul.

"So this is a consideration and the Central Java DPW asks to really absorb what is the input from the residents of Central Java," he added.

On the one hand, Deputy Secretary General of PKB Syaiful Huda ensured that Gus Yusuf still had a chance to win if he was carried in the Central Java Pilkada this year.

Because, based on the results of the latest survey, there are no candidates who have high electability, including Kaesang Pangarep and Ahmad Lutfi who are predicted as strong candidates to advance.

"The results of the Central Java survey have not at all had a significant figure with electability. If you refer to the last legislators of several survey institutions, Kaesang has only 7 percent, Pak Lutfi has only 6 percent, the rest are 3, there are 1, there are 2. So, today there is no best figure in Central Java," said Huda.

For information, the Kompas Research and Development Survey Institute released the electability of figures for the Central Java Pilkada. As a result, PSI Chairman Kaesang Pangarep is narrowly superior to the Central Java Police Chief, Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi.

"Kaesang, who is also the son of President Joko Widodo, (in the first position) is 7 percent in the open answer model (top of mind)," according to the Kompas Research and Development survey.

Meanwhile, the electability of the Central Java Police Chief, Ahmad Luthfi, is in second place with 6.8 percent.

The position below Luthfi is occupied by former Deputy Governor of Central Java Taj Yasin Maimoen with 3.2 percent, artist Raffi Ahmad 2.8 percent, Kendal Regent Dico Ganinduto 2.6 percent, former Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo 2.4 percent, and former Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi 2 percent.

Meanwhile, a number of other figures whose electability was taken into account ahead of the Central Java Pilkada were the Chairman of the Central Java National Awakening Party DPW Gus Yusuf Chudlori 1.2 percent, the Chairman of the Central Java PDI-P DPD Bambang Wuryanto 1.2 percent, and the former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said 0.8 percent.

Meanwhile, the other names were 6 percent and those who did not serve or did not know were 64 percent.