Plus Minus PDIP Who Knows Exactly Jokowi's Lacks And Excess

Jokowi di antara, Puan Maharani, Megawati Soekarnoputri, Ganjar Pranowo dan Muhammad Prananda Prabowo. (antara)

JAKARTA - Jokowi and PDI Perjuangan's relationship has stopped fluctuating. Lately, it became clearer after Jokowi gave full support to Prabowo, who was paired with his eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming. Meanwhile, Ganjar Pranowo, who is part of the party with him, only gets the attention of his character.

According to the Lecturer of Fisip at the University of Muhammadiyah, North Sumatra (UMSU) Shohibul Anshor Siregar, the position of PDIP towards Jokowi is currently being used in what perspective, this is interesting to observe.

"As the dominant party in the coalition government created by Joko Widodo for two terms, of course the PDI-P has many things to report as proud achievements. But, on the contrary, the PDI-P also has many other things to narrate as failures," he told VOI.

Whether the information owned by PDIP will be used objectively, subjectively or in a mixture of both (objectively-subjective). The public still has to wait. "Whether it is done objectively or subjectively, the PDI-P is trying to provide information to halalayak who is expected to have an impact on determining his position in the 2024 presidential election, including legislative elections," he said. "In general, this can be said to be part of efforts to increase the nation's political literacy, although the people will enjoy it not always taking a position between the two choices of Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud or Prabowo-Gibran," he added.

Now voters who used to unite support the Jokowi -Ma'ruf Amin pair have not been sure whether to channel their aspirations to one candidate pair. "Although it will increase tension between the two parties, it will not necessarily be able to produce anything that can be identified as an electoral incentive. Because, let alone expect prospective voters who lean towards Anies-Muhaimin, to ensure that the community that used to unite for Joko Widodo-Ma'aruf under the PDI-P must be calculated carefully," he explained.

Ahead of the presidential and legislative elections according to Shohibul Anshor's prediction will be exciting. The problem is that weaknesses and advantages are already known. "This fight is exciting, because a single community that is seriously divided must know each other's strengths and weaknesses. Tempted by others and exposing fellow disgrace, it is difficult to expect optimism to challenge electoral incentives," he said. What needs to be discussed, he also said, is Jokowi's position which has strong access to the apparatus, soldiers and institutions under him. "Another thing that must be calculated is Jokowi's position which has strong access to all source systems, which if he is tempted to mobilize him to face attacks from the opposing camp, the impact can be really devastating," said Shohibul Anshor.