It's Not Wrong To Ganjar Only Active In Social Media, But Puan Maharani Needs Image

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mrs. Maharani (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - Political observer of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Adi Prayitno said that there are two political facts that the public can capture regarding the polemic of the uninvitation of Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo at the PDIP event in Semarang, Saturday, May 22.

First, Ganjar is judged by the Chairman of the Central Java PDIP DPD, Bambang Wuryanto, to be too ambitious to become a presidential candidate. Second, Ganjar is considered a 'peanut forgetting the skin with a fountain politics' by PDIP politician Effendi Simbolon.

Then, the public speculated and linked it directly to the 2024 presidential election. Added to this was the insinuation of PDIP DPP Chair Puan Maharani who said the leader was only active on social media.

"Like it or not, this confirms that Puan wants to show her super power as an important board in the DPP, which was later translated by Bambang Pacul that Ganjar is more active in social media, thinks about the presidential election and doesn't think about other things," said Adi in a discussion entitled ' Puan Envy Hati or Ganjar Don't Know Yourself' online, Sunday, May 30.

"That is what was arrested as if the attack was carried out openly was closely related to Ganjar Pranowo dancing beautifully amidst the drumming of social media which was going viral," he continued.

According to Adi, Ganjar certainly enjoyed it a lot in the beginning but when he was on the PDI-P slide, one or two days Ganjar's social media stopped throbbing.

"His Twitter, his IG no more narcissism and such. That's a political fact," he said.

Adi said that the political narrative conveyed by Effendi Simbolon about the politics of the Fountain must become mainstream so that the public stops issuing head to head between Ganjar and Puan.

"Ganjar is offside, he is considered too aggressive in the midst of party cadres thinking about how to think about the pandemic. Ganjar has spread too many narratives towards the presidential election in 2024. And what Effendi said about peanuts forgetting their skins, not being invited, etc. normal in the party," said Adi.

"But what we catch is that it seems as if there is an impression that dreaming of becoming president in PDIP before there is an official fatsun from the general chairman is prohibited, it's not allowed. That then illustrates, what is wrong with party cadres, whether from regional heads or members of the council. be a presidential candidate in 2024?," he added.

Adi considered that PDIP had its own rationale for why Ganjar was "locked up", and so he wouldn't be too aggressive. However, the question is whether it is only Ganjar, a cadre who is considered to have ambitions to become a presidential candidate.

"So don't blame peanuts for forgetting their skins, or just only for Ganjar. This then doesn't stop public speculation and then a diagram about electability and popularity appears and compares. Now if there is additional data on PDIP politicians, about regional heads who forget their skins. will definitely stop talking about the 2024 presidential election," said Adi.

The executive director of the Indonesian Political Parameter (PPI) then opened his institution's open survey data last February. As a result, the popularity of Ganjar and Puan is almost the same in the range of 60-62 percent.

"But indeed there is a considerable disparity in electability, Ganjar is indeed superior to Puan. But it's like this, Ganjar only excels in 3 areas, almost the majority of PDIP Central Java voters. A little in East Java and West Java. The rest is not. This is what Then it becomes a bit funny and needs to be an evaluation material for PDIP, especially Puan, who has inherited Bung Karno's political ideology," he explained.

Adi also explained the reason why Ganjar is better known as a populist figure by the public than Puan. Namely, none other than because of the social media factor.

"Ganjar is considered to be represented by a small person, populist, humble, maybe the public sees it on social media. For example, Puan criticizes a little about West Sumatra, then turns off the mic when someone interrupts, now that's more prominent, not what has been done especially become the leader of the House of Representatives," he explained.

Therefore, Adi believes that Puan should also be more aggressive in her image on social media. Moreover, his position as chairman of the DPR RI.

"Today's politics must have an image. Jokowi also being president cannot be separated from imagery, that is something that cannot be released. It means that imagery is okay, but the feet do have to touch the ground. That is the substance. Where PDIP always represents the little people's party. This is a turning point that is quite important feedback for PDIP cadres,"

"As long as only Ganjar is promoted as a fountain politician, during that time this will also be linked to the ticket for the presidential election to 2024," said Adi.