Empty Box Has The Potential To Humiliate Ridwan Kamil In The 2024 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

Ridwan Kamil. (Photo: Instagram @ridwankamil)

JAKARTA Ridwan Kamil's candidacy in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada accompanied by a plan to form KIM Plus is suspected as an effort to create an empty box scenario.

This is because PKS, the NasDem Party and PKB, which originally supported Anies Baswedan, are said to be ready to change course.

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok could have the same fate, considering that the PDI-P could not carry its own candidate in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

According to the Executive Director of the Citra Institute, Yusak Farchan, the scenario of empty boxes can be realized.

The reason is, if the three political parties that carry Anies defect, then Anies and Ahok will not have a forward ticket.

However, that doesn't mean Ridwan Kamil will win easily.

An empty box that is considered to represent supporters of Anies and Ahok could embarrass RK.

There are only two possibilities, the single candidate pair won or the empty box won. If the empty box wins, of course this is a representation of the people's punishment to the elite who do not present competitions in Pikada," said Yusak, Sunday, August 11.

He said, referring to the results of the Kompas Research and Development survey in the period 15-20 June 2024, Anies was the strongest candidate in the Jakarta Pilkada with an electability rate of 29.8 percent.

Then Ahok was in second place with 20 percent, while RK only pocketed 8.5 percent.

Therefore, KIM is advised to refrain from creating a single candidate pair in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

Moreover, Anies, Ahok, and RK have the competence to lead DKI.

"So the fight is interesting and the public has a choice," concluded Yusak.