PDIP Party Politicians Are Sure That Ganjar Will Remain Obedient To Megawati's Decree, Including When The Puan Is Vulnerable For Presidential Candidates

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (Source: Antara)

Chairman of the West Java PDIP DPD Ono Surono, believes Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo will comply with the PDIP Congress' decision that the affairs of the presidential candidate (candidate) and vice presidential candidate (cawapres) 2024 are the prerogative of the General Chair, Megawati Soekarnoputri. Although, said Ono, Ganjar's name often won various national survey results. Such as the results of the latest survey by Indo Research which put Ganjar in first position with 37.1 percent. "I believe that Mas Ganjar, who has been caught in the survey, firmly adheres to what is the result of the PDIP congress. Where, the general chairman has the prerogative to determine who the presidential and vice presidential candidates will be in the future," said Ono in response to the results of the Indo Research survey on Tuesday, January 3. In fact, Ono ensured that Ganjar would comply with Megawati's decision even though she carried the Chairperson of the PDIP DPP who is also the Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani as a presidential candidate in 2024. "For example, when the PDIP stipulates Mbak Puan (candidate), Mas Ganjar will definitely obey and obey the decision of the general chairman," said the member of the West Java electoral district of the DPR. Likewise, if Megawati decides Ganjar as a presidential candidate, Ono assesses that all PDIP cadres will also solidly support and win the former DPR member. "I am sure that at the time of PDIP, for example recommending Mas Ganjar, all components of the party will comply and comply with that decision," explained Ono. Previously, Indo Research said that the electability of the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, was superior with an electability rate of 37.1 percent. The results of Ganjar's survey outperformed two other popular presidential candidates, namely the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan in second place with 30.2 percent. Followed by Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto with 27.5 percent. "In the December 2022 survey, during the simulation of 3 names, Ganjar Pranowo got 37.1 percent, followed by Anies Baswedan with 30.2 percent, and Prabowo Subianto (27.5 percent. The remaining 5.3 percent do not know and do not answer," said the Director of Indo Research, Roki Arbi, in a virtual press release, Tuesday, January 3. This survey also found that there was an increase in Anies and Ganjar's votes in the last 1 year. Anies Baswedan experienced an increase from 27.7 percent in the August 2022 survey to 30.2 percent in December 2022. Meanwhile, Ganjar increased from 33.4 percent in August 2022 to 37.1 percent in December 2022. Meanwhile, Prabowo Subianto decreased from 33.3 percent in August 2022 to 27.5 percent in December 2022. Roki said that until December 2022, no candidate had managed to get an electability rate of above 50 percent of the vote. So he said, the 2024 presidential election is predicted to take place in two rounds. "Anies and Ganjar have the opportunity to enter the second round of the presidential election, if the presidential election is held in two rounds. Because there are no candidates who get votes above 50 percent," he said. In the head to head presidential simulation in 3 simulations, Anies won slightly when dealing with Ganjar. Anies received 46.2 percent of the votes and 45.7 percent of Ganjar. Meanwhile, 8.1 percent of respondents said they did not know/did not answer. Then if Anies is faced with Prabowo, the NasDem presidential reading is also a little superior. Indo Research records, Anies gets 45.4 percent of the votes, and Prabowo 44.2 percent. Meanwhile, 10.4 percent are still unfair voters. "But if Ganjar fights Prabowo, then Ganjar will win. Ganjar gets 48.7 percent and Prabowo 42.5 percent. And 8.8 percent do not know or do not answer," said Roki. For information, the Indo Research survey was conducted on 12-17 December 2022 through face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires. The sample was randomly selected using the multi-stage random sampling method. The sample withdrawal takes into account the proportion between the population and the distribution of samples per province, the proportion of the population living in rural and urban areas, as well as the proportion of male and female sex (50:50). The sample amount is 1,120 samples that are spread proportionally in 34 provinces. Using 1,120 samples, the margin of error (MoE) for this survey is +/- 2.92 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.