DKI Gubernatorial Election In The 2024 Presidential Election, Mardani: Learning Ahok's Case, We Don't Use Identity Politics

JAKARTA - PKS DPP chairman Mardani Ali Sera proposed that the pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Revised Coalition, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, use the winning strategy of the 2017 DKI gubernatorial election for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. However, Mardani denied that Anies-Sandi's winning strategy in the DKI gubernatorial election then used identity politics methods. According to him, at that time religious issues arose because of the controversial statement of the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama which led to the case of religious blasphemy. "In DKI we don't use identity politics. But (in DKI, there was an incident of Mr. Ahok," said Mardani when confirmed by VOI, Friday, November 10. So, he continued, the political conditions between the 2017 DKI Pilgub and the 2024 presidential election were different. He said that only his strategy could be applied. "It's different," he said. The member of Commission II of the DPR then explained the 5 main principles of winning the DKI gubernatorial election which could be an Anies-Imin winning strategy in the 2024 presidential election later. First, straighten out the intention. With a straight intention, said Mardani, the team would not feel 'baper' and 'caperan' but a diligent work. "We all work solely because of Allah SWT. It's hard, sure, but sure," said Mardani. Second, we mapped the road. "We mapped the region, there is red yellow green. Our green is strong, yellow, 50:50, a competitive red, "he explained. Third, the construction of ranks is not a crowd. That is, finding people who really understand that winning Amin pairs is a tough job.

"So (in the past) not all of them joined Anies, not all of them joined Sandi. But there are those who are prepared for debate, prepare others, each with different tasks," he said. Fourth, prepare the right strategy. His party, said Mardani, did not want to "press" at the beginning. Fifth, tie it with tawakal. "There are many prayers, (let) Allah give the victory," he concluded.