'Ahok-Anies Have Made A Lot For DKI,' Kaesang's Response To PSI's Constituent Choices In The Gubernatorial Election

PSI Chairman Kaesang Pangarep (DOK Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Kaesang Pangarep has no problem with the survey results which show that the majority of PSI constituents prefer Anies Baswedan and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election. The son of President Joko Widodo revealed that the people of Jakarta who support PSI want to elect the two former Governors of DKI Jakarta in the 2024 Pilkada. "I think he and his parents are very appropriate if for example PSI constituents choose Pak Anis and Pak Ahok," said Kaesang at the PSI DPP Office, Central Jakarta, Thursday, July 25. Kaesang admitted that both Anies and Ahok had contributed to building Jakarta during their leadership. Thus, he did not deny that the electability of candidates who were presented as candidates for the Governor of DKI from the Forward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) camp, such as Ridwan Kamil, could not match Anies and Ahok. "There is no problem. This is only a dynamic for the regional elections, especially in DKI. I think these two people, Mr. Anies and Pak Ahok, have done a lot for DKI, which in the future will become DKJ," explained Kaesang. For information, the Indonesian Political Indicators survey institute released a poll on the electability of figures in the 2024 DKI Jakarta Governor-Deputy Governor Election Exchange. As a result, Anies Baswedan is significantly superior to other names. In the top of mind survey, voters are released to determine who wants to be elected in the DKI gubernatorial election, as a result, 39.7 percent chose Anies. The second highest electability after Anies was occupied by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) with 23.8 percent electability, followed by Ridwan Kamil with 13.1 percent. "This is a top three, the difference between Anies and Ahok is significant and the difference between Ahok and Ridwan Kamil is significant," said Executive Director of Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi.

The indicator also dissects the demographics of the top 3 figures based on the support of his political party. On PSI's voter base, 41.8 percent chose Ahok, 39 chose Anies, while Ridwan Kamil's 19.2 percent voter.