Anies Baswedan Agile, Starts 'Curi' Suara In Prabowo's Victory Bag

Former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. (Photo via Instagram @aniesbaswedan)

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate (readpres) for the Change Coalition, Anies Baswedan, began to'steal' votes in Prabowo Subianto's victory bag. Anies swiftly carried out political safaris in Prabowo's winning areas when he faced Joko Widodo in the 2019 presidential election. It is known, so far Anies has been diligent in greeting people in a number of provinces such as Aceh, North Sumatra, West Java, Lampung, Riau, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Sumatra, West Nusa Tenggara, South Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and even arrived in Papua. These areas are the sound barn for Prabowo-Sandiaga pair's victory in the last presidential election. In fact, in Aceh, West Sumatra, West Java, West Nusa Tenggara, and Banten this pair won a landslide victory over the votes obtained by Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin. From the data collected by VOI in the 2019 presidential election, the Prabowo-Sandi pair received 2,400,746 votes in Aceh, far ahead of Jokowi-Ma'ruf who only won 404,188 votes. Likewise in West Sumatra, Prabowo won from Jokowi with 2,488,733 to 407,761 votes. Then in West Nusa Tenggara, Prabowo pocketed 2,011,319 votes defeating Jokowi with 951,242 votes. Shifting to Java, Prabowo dominated Banten and West Java. In Banten, Prabowo received 4,059,514 votes, while Jokowi only had 2,537,524 votes. Prabowo was unbeaten in West Java by winning 16,077,446 votes, while Jokowi was left behind with 10,750,568 votes. So, does Anies Baswedan want to'steal' Prabowo's voice bag, who will return to compete in the 2024 presidential election? If traced, Anies has started to struggle in the five provinces which are Prabowo's most votes. At the beginning of his political safari, Anies had greeted the residents of West Java. On November 19, 2022, Anies had set foot in Ciamis and Tasikmalaya to stay in touch with a number of leaders of the Islamic Boarding School. Anies also came to Bandung on January 22, 2023, although he was rejected because he was considered to have'stealed the start' of the presidential election campaign. On December 2, 2022, Anies also visited Aceh. Even though it was colored by the revocation of the permit to use the Taman Sulthanah Safiatuddin location, the political safari for reading president carried out by NasDem, PKS and Democrats was still being carried out. Anies has also visited Padang City, West Sumatra, on December 4, 2022, for the oration agenda and a healthy way. He also visited Banten on January 24, 2023, to meet a number of traditional leaders of outer Baduy and internal Baduy. Anies then took a safari for up to three days to West Nusa Tenggara starting January 30, 2023, covering Lombok, Sumbawa and Bima. Anies met the most influential Islamic figure in NTB's Earth Gora, namely Mr. Guru Haji (TGH) Bodak alias Ahmad Fadli Fadil Thahir. Where before becoming vice president, KH Ma'ruf Amin also visited TGH Bodak. The moment of his visit to Lombok was also a trending topic and the video went viral on social media. Because the former Governor of DKI Jakarta was very extraordinaryly accepted by the local community to be called the ideal presidential candidate for Advanced Indonesia. The video was also shared directly by Anies Baswedan via his Instagram @aniesbaswedan. In the video, the crowd is seen jostling and wanting to greet Anies Baswedan who is on stage. In his caption at @aniesbaswedan, Anies Baswedan narrated a glimpse of his visit to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. "Brembe Kabar? Alhamdulillah, I am very happy to be back in Pulau Seribu Masjid, Pulau Lombok. Thank you for the extraordinary warm welcome from the people of Lombok. Let's convey a message throughout Indonesia, with this great enthusiasm, we want to bring social justice to all Indonesian people," wrote Anies.