The Coalition For The Presidential Election Is Called Unforced In The Pilkada

Illustration of KIM Plus. (Special)

JAKARTA Political observer Yunarto Wijaya assesses that the coalition that was built at the national level or the presidential election such as the Forward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) cannot be duplicated or forced in the implementation of the 2024 Pilkada. Problem from the beginning is a coalition that was built at the national level based on the presidential election trying to be forced or duplicated into a coalition that exists at the regional level. That in terms of state planning is no longer wrong. Why, the reason whose name is Pilkada each political party has its own sovereignty, he said, Sunday, August 25, 2024. According to him, KIM or KIM Plus's solidity can be applied to overseeing the priority programs of the Prabowo-Gibran government, including how to cooperate in parliament. Meanwhile, at the pilkada level, KIM Plus-style solidity logic will actually harm many political parties of KIM Plus members. Moreover, after the decision of the Constitutional Court which should please all political parties in the face of the 2024 Pilkada. Because, when each political party can apply and carry their own regional head candidates independently and sovereignly, then they can have the opportunity to build infrastructure for the sake of the 2029 election interests. Therefore, this Constitutional Court's decision has the potential to disrupt the solidity of KIM Plus, at least in the 2024 Pilkada. In fact, it does not close the possibility in the long term if in internal KIM friction continues until the new government in the future,' added Toto.

However, he did not dismiss if KIM Plus's solidity was maintained. Especially if there is a political agreement before the issuance of the Constitutional Court Decision No. 60 and 70 of 2024.. "I don't know if there is a political compensation called a minister, whether there are calculations that don't participate in the ranks of the KIM Plus coalition, the minister's quota will be reduced, that's speculation," Toto concluded.