Observer Of The Value Of Ridwan Kamil's Visit To Jokowi Could Be Blunder

The visit of the candidate for governor number 01, Ridwan Kamil (RK) to former President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo. (Doc. Instagram/@ridwankamil)

Political communication observer at Esa Unggul University, Jamiluddin Ritonga assessed that the visit of the candidate for governor number 01, Ridwan Kamil (RK) to former Indonesian President Joko Widodo could be a blunder. Ridwan Kamil, according to him, could be considered asking for support from the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

Moreover, previously, Ridwan Kamil was also known to meet with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during his stagnant electability.

"Therefore, it is natural for many parties to speculate on the arrival of RK to Prabowo and Jokowi as a form of asking for support. RK hopes that the support of these two figures can increase their electability," said Jamiluddin Ritonga, Saturday, November 2.

According to Jamiluddin, the request for support for Prabowo is quite logical considering that currently public trust in the General Chair of Gerindra is very high. "Therefore, RK is trying to domplement Prabowo to be able to boost his electability," he said.

On the other hand, said Jamiluddin, if RK asks Jokowi for support for the Jakarta Pilkada, then that is questionable. Because, according to him, Jakarta is not Jokowi's base, even though he had briefly been governor of Jakarta and President for two terms.

"Jakarta is based on Anies Baswedan. Anies supporters generally don't like Jokowi. Therefore, if RK asks Jokowi for support, it is feared that it will backfire. Anies supporters are not getting closer, but will get further and further away," said Jamiluddin.

Jamiluddin said Anies supporters would identify people close to Jokowi who deserve to be avoided. This can apply to RK if it is considered as a figure close to Jokowi.

"So, efforts to get closer to Jokowi to boost RK's electability in Jakarta do not seem to be quite observant. RK's move actually seems blunder," said Jamiluddin.

With the RK move, Jamiluddin added, the one who benefited was pair number 03, Pramono Anung-Rano Karno. Supporters of Anies may prefer Pramono-Rano to RK-Suswono because RK is considered close to Jokowi.

"Therefore, RK's electability has the opportunity to stagnate, it is even possible that it will decrease. This happens because Anies supporters will have more opportunity to vote for Pramono-Rano," he concluded.