Forward To The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election, Ridwan Kamil: If Possible, Don't Fight Empty Boxes

Ridwan Kamil at the Widya Chandra complex, SCBD, South Jakarta, Thursday (8/8/2024) (ANTARA/Walka Marison)

JAKARTA - Deputy General Chairperson for the Raising of Ridwan Kamil Voters admitted that he was not pleased if he had to fight in an empty box in the Jakarta Pilkada.

"If you want an empty box to debate with anyone, then how do you want to account for it, it's difficult, ideally if you can, not with an empty box. I'm ready, ideally," said the man who is familiarly called RK after meeting with the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, at the Widya Chandra complex, South Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 8.

According to RK, fighting with a balanced opponent in the Pilkada is an ideal form of democracy.

Dalam proses tersebut, calon pemimpin dapat menguji visi, misi dan perangan dan dilihat langsung oleh rakyat.

On the other hand, he also did not deny that the phenomenon of empty boxes was also part of the dynamics of democracy.

"There are empty boxes of democratic mechanisms. If you ask me, I don't like it," said RK.

However, RK admitted that he could not do much about it. He who is a party official only follows instructions to prepare himself to become a candidate for governor of Jakarta.

Previously, the Director of Research and Communication of the KedaiKOPI Survey Institute, Ibnu Dwi Cahyo, assessed that Anies Baswedan's position in the Jakarta Pilkada was increasingly pressed by the presence of the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) plus.

This is because the NasDem and PKB parties are expected to join KIM so that they leave PKS as the only party that supports Anies in the Jakarta Pilkada.

"This condition certainly does not benefit Anies and in the event, Ridwan Kamil (The Candidate nominated by KIM plus) against an empty box in Jakarta," said Ibnu Dwi Cahyo, quoted by ANTARA.

Ibnu continued, to strengthen Anies' political machine in the Jakarta regional elections, PKS has the opportunity to form a coalition with the winning party in the 2024 election, namely PDIP.

It is this coalition that is considered to be able to save Anies when he wants to fight Ridwan Kamil, supported by the government's grand coalition.