Anies' Value Observer Is Not Suitable To Move To Gerindra: His Class Is A Presidential Candidate, Too Bad To Accompany Prabowo

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: DKI Pemprov Public Relations)

JAKARTA - The name of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is again in the contest for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. This follows the results of a survey released by the Indonesian Political Indicators survey institute.

Anies is in the first position as a presidential candidate who is expected to attract the most public votes.

Political observer Andriadi Achmad assessed that Anies Baswedan would be approached by several political parties to be nominated as a presidential candidate if his electability increased. Like NasDem, PKS and even Gerindra.

"I see Nasdem, PKS and Gerindra," Andriadi told VOI, Friday, March 26.

However, if Gerindra is promoted, it is possible that Anies will only become a vice presidential candidate alongside Prabowo Subianto. The reason is, the defense minister will come forward for the third time as a presidential candidate.

"Only a lot of people regret it when that happens, because Anies Baswedan is no longer in his class as cawapres, but has become a presidential candidate," he explained.

However, if Prabowo is no longer running then Anies can be paired with Sandiaga Uno who is also a Gerindra cadre.

"If Prabowo-Anies does not enter, it could be Anies-Sandi. Because for Prabowo, he can hold his head (Anies, red) the term. Then Sandiaga is indeed a Gerindra cadre, the possibility exists. In fact it could also be an alternative for the Indonesian people," he explained.

The Executive Director of the Political Communication Studies and Research Center (PolCom SRC) assesses that if Anies is juxtaposed with Sandiaga, it is not impossible that he will win again like the 2017 DKI Jakarta Pilkada. Moreover, both of them already have good leadership capital.

"Anies Bswedan already has a track record of the governor, Sandiaga has become a minister. If we look at the map, Sandiaga represents an eastern person from Gorontalo, while Anies represents Java," said Andriadi.

"Then if from a political map, ethnic groups also enter even though Anies is crossbreed between Javanese and Arabic, I think it is possible. In fact, I see it has the potential to repeat DKI," he added.

However, the Anies-Sandi coalition, according to Andriadi, could only be realized if Prabowo did not run as a presidential candidate. This is because Prabowo has already used Sandiaga's vehicle. Except, Sandi left the party bearing the Garuda logo and sought support from other political parties.

"If I see there is a possibility of the coalition (Anies-Sandi), but if Prabowo does not progress. But if he goes forward, Anies will be supported by who ?," he said.