Intelligent Competitors And Adu Jeli King Maker

An illustration of a photo by Andry Winarko (VOI)

JAKARTA - Garuda Pancasila in blue with the words 'Emergency Warning' suddenly appeared and went viral on social media as a form of resistance. The keyword 'Emergency Warning' immediately became a trending topic on X with more than 25,000 tweets, while the hashtag #KawaliPutusanMK also dominated with 490,000 tweets.

The symbol that has appeared since Wednesday, August 21 at 15.00 WIB is an invitation to jointly oversee the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada). This blue Garuda symbol was originally shared by the collaboration account @narasinewsroom, @najwashihab, @bemui_official on Instagram. Emergency warning to civilians for anomaly activity that has just been detected by the Government of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," reads the warning.

Then followed by the Chairman of the Nusantara Awakening Party, Anas Urbaningrum, Komika, Pandji Pragiwaksono, Bintang Emon and Director, Joko Anwar also participated in distributing the post of the blue Garuda symbol. Even constitutional law expert, Bivitri Susanti, invites anyone to move and stop the power of the authoritarian regime and its pockets.

"Move and Stop Rezim's Power", reads the article.

In Jakarta and several areas, consolidation emerged to launch protests in the form of concrete action against the revision of the Pilkada Law. The atmosphere of demonstrations around the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta towards the evening is getting hotter. Starting from the success of Trisakti students in dropping the back gate of the people's representative building and the police action which began to fire tear gas and water cannons. Apart from Jakarta, tougher clashes between students and the police took place in Semarang and Bandung.

Dozens of demonstrations collapsed due to the actions of the authorities in dispersing the voices of the people represented by students. Ironically, the police as protectors of the community actually arrested hundreds of students who were nervous about the political situation and democracy at the end of Jokowi's leadership. The anxiety regarding the DPR's desire to revise the Pilkada Law which does not represent the interests of the people. Actor Reza Rahardian who took part in the action in front of the DPR Building admitted that he was a nervous person to see the state of democracy in Indonesia. He also asked the masses to demonstrate to protect themselves and the atmosphere to remain conducive.

"I was present today as an ordinary people with all my friends. As people who are nervous to see our democracy today," said Reza in the command car at the DPR Building, Thursday (22/08).

Reza considered that Indonesia does not only belong to one family, but belongs to all Indonesian people. "This is not a country belonging to a certain family," said Reza.

Reza's statement seemed to suggest that the Revision of the Pilkada Law would pave the way for Kaesang Pangarep to run for office. That's because Baleg agreed that the age limit for regional head candidates must have been 30 years at the time of inauguration, not during registration. Meanwhile, Kaesang will only be 30 years old on December 25, 2024. Although it had heated up, the protest action gave a message that could not be fought by the representatives of the people in the DPR. This is evidenced by the statement by the Deputy Chairman of DOR Sufmi Dasco who canceled the Pilkada Bill.

Jokowi's Concerns Who Profit PKS?

The Constitutional Court's decision Number 60/2024 in the last section is known to have been ratified by a judge's deliberation meeting (RPH) on August 1, 2024. This decision was allegedly Jokowi's step in restoring damaged public trust after passing Gibran as a requirement for the vice president.

Surprisingly, the Constitutional Court only read out the decision to the public after a day of determining the candidate for governor of DKI from the Advanced Indonesia Coalition on Tuesday, August 19. The Forward Indonesia Coalition nominated Ridwan Kamil and Suswono, who are cadres of PKS.

Prior to joining KIM, PKS nominated its cadre Sohibul Iman to pair up with Anies Baswedan. This pair is very worried about Jokowi if he wins in the contestation of the DKI gubernatorial election. This is because Jokowui has appointed his first son Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the Chair of the Agglomeration consisting of an area that includes Jakarta, Bogor Regency, Tangerang Regency, Bekasi Regency, Cianjur Regency, Bogor City, Depok City, Tangerang City, South Tangerang City and Bekasi City. Jokowi's concerns make sense considering that the flight hours of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as regional head are still minimal.

However, due to the lack of 4 seats in the Islamic party fronted by Akhmad Syaikhu, he turned around and entered the Advanced Indonesia coalition. Based on the decision of the PKS Syuro Council which was held on August 9-10, the party bearing the rice and the sickle moon nominated Suswono to pair up with Ridwan Kamil. The name Suswono is the choice of Ridwan Kamil of the four names offered by PKS.

"The four names offered are Abdul Aziz who is currently the Secretary General of the DKI PKS DPW, Sohibul Iman, Kurniasih Mufidayati (DPR Member Kom IX) and finally Suswono. And the one chosen by Ridwan Kamil is Suswono," said a VOI source, Monday, August 26.

RK chose Suswono, who is also the former Minister of Agriculture of the SBY era, none other than from Central Java, to be precise Slawi, Tegal. Secretary General of PKS Habib Aboe Bakar Alhabsyi said that Suswono is a senior PKS cadre who is highly respected within the party. In addition, the former chairman of KAHMI Bogor Branch is also very close to the traders of Tegal stalls and also basic food traders.

"Why do we send him (Suswono)? Because he is a senior cadre who is very famous internally. In addition, seniors are also very good with warrteg entrepreneurs and basic food entrepreneurs in Jakarta," said the man who is usually called Aboe to VOI via written message.

Chairman of the Election and Regional Election Winning Body (Bappilu) of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Abuzar Alghifari, said that the internal PKS had conducted a survey before making his choice to Ridwan Kamil. He added that based on the survey results, Ridwan Kamil is a very suitable figure as governor in Jakarta. "RK is a creative and hard worker figure," he said.

Anies Failed To Be Nominated By PDIP, PKS And Nasdem

After being abandoned by Nasdem and PKS, PDIP is now also leaving Anies Baswedan. PDIP General Treasurer Olly Dondokambey said that his party prefers their cadre Pramono Anung-Rano Karno to advance. Anies, who was previously present at the DPP, also did not appear at the announcement. "DKI Pramono-Rano," said Olly via text message, Monday (26/8).

Chairman of the DPP NasDem Party Willy Aditya on the sidelines of the Second Congress of the NasDem Party in Jakarta said his party did not regret having taken a political decision to leave Anies and give his support to the pair Ridwan Kamil and Suswono.

"Yes, nothing. This is a political decision that has been taken, because it was long before the Constitutional Court's decision (Mahkamah Konstitusi) existed. Currently, rice has become porridge and recommendations have come out, accept it as a reality," said the central board of the NasDem Party.

Chairman of the Election and Regional Head Election Winning Body (Bappilu) of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) DPW Jakarta, Abuzar Alghifari, said that his party had decided not to be influenced by the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) in determining its candidate in the contestation of the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election.

"The DPW leadership submitted the Constitutional Court's decision to the legal team and in the end decided that it would not be affected by the Constitutional Court's decision. Whether or not there was a decision by the Constitutional Court 60, PKS had decided together with RK with his deputy candidate Suswono. And this has also been decided by the shuro assembly," said the chairman of the Election and Regional Election Winning Body (Bappilu) of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) DPW Jakarta, Abuzar Alghifari to VOI in a written message, Sunday, August 25.