Coalition Political Parties Considered Not Solid Because Of The Postponement Of Election Issues, Observer: Jokowi Will Defend PDIP Party Without Leaving Luhut

JAKARTA - The PDIP Party elite began attacking ministers and the general chairman of the coalition parties who proposed the discourse of postponing the election. This has led to speculation that the coalition parties are not solid. The reason is that the interests of the coalition parties regarding the postponement of the election seem different.

This was stated by a political observer from Esa Unggul University Jamiluddin Ritonga in his statement to VOI, Wednesday, April 13. According to Jamiluddin, at least the interests of Golkar, PKB, and PAN Parties are not the same as PDIP, NasDem, Gerindra, and PPP Parties in terms of postponing the election.

Even the PDIP seems to be the strongest at attacking Golkar, PKB, and PAN, which tend to support the postponement of the election. "However, differences in viewpoints between coalition parties will not make PDIP out of the coalition. Because PDIP is the main party with the most influence in the coalition," said Jamiluddin.

Even so, he continued, the coalition parties are not expected to be solid again until the end of Jokowi's rule. This happened because PDIP did not want Jokowi to be too close to Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (LBP). PDIP considered Luhut too dominant and colored Jokowi's policy.

"Therefore, PDIP's tension with Jokowi will continue as long as the LBP is too dominant. PDIP will continue to urge Jokowi to reshuffle the LBP," said Jamiluddin. However, according to Jamiluddin, Jokowi will not reshuffle Luhut. Because Luhut means a lot to Jokowi.

"Without LBP, Jokowi seems to have difficulty carrying out the wheels of government," he said.

On the one hand, Jamiluddin views, Jokowi will defend the PDIP. He will continue to cooperate with the will of the PDIP without leaving Luhut.

"In the worst case, the LBP's role in public will be reduced. This is to give the impression that Jokowi is no longer giving a big role to LBP. This is done by Jokowi to maintain his relationship with PDIP. good," he said.

Jamiluddin said that for Jokowi, PDIP and Luhut were equally important. Therefore, Jokowi will maintain both of them until his power ends in October 2024.

"This middle way will certainly make the relationship between PDIP and Jokowi go up and down. The trend of such a relationship will continue until 2024," he said.

"This up and down relationship will certainly affect the performance of Jokowi's cabinet. This is certainly not profitable for Jokowi to carve gold ink at the end of his term," concluded Jamiluddin Ritonga.