The Strategy Of The Candidate King

Strategy for Candidates for King. (Illham illustration and Andry Wijanarko VOI)

JAKARTA - Politics and strategy are inseparable unity. Strategy is a plan and action that will be taken in the future to achieve the ultimate goal. And the kings certainly have a strong strategy.

In 1967, Suharto refused when offered to hold the presidency to replace Soekarno during the MPRS session. The reason is because this man from Bantul is very close and does not want to be Soekarno's political opponent. But in the end, this man who likes to joke and laugh managed to become the longest president for 30 years by taking advantage of a goalkeeper who has not yet become Soepomo's party.

Suharto adopted the Work Group or Golkar system to strengthen his power as president. This system has actually been discussed by Sukarno as reported by a book entitled Golkar History of Missing: Roots of Thought & Dynamics by David Reeves.

Reeves said the goalkeeper was a tool used by Suharto. However, this laughing man realized that he was not the founder of the goalmaker, so the award for not belonging to him was seen once in the early days.

"One of the reasons is that Suharto was not interested, maybe because it was initiated by Soekarno, Soepomo and KH Dewantara, so that at first he was not really appreciated. Suharto assessed that the goal was a tool and it was not very important to remember," said David Reeves.

The same thing was also done by Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in 2004. The man who was born in Pacitan also said that he would not run because he was very obedient to Megawati. But in reality, SBY managed to become a dark horse. Although he had to fight against 4 national figures in the reform transition era such as the TNI Commander Wiranto, Megawati, Hamzah Haz and Amien Rais.

As a dark horse, SBY, who has a background as a military, founded the Democratic Party as his political vehicle at that time. The party bearing the Mercy Star symbol which was born on September 9, managed to greet the hearts of all Indonesian people. Surprisingly, the democrat managed to become the ruling party for 2 terms.

The two presidents above have backgrounds as military and elite political parties. The strategy used by Jokowi when he was early in becoming seventh president was almost the same as his seniors. Jokowi, who was originally the mayor of Solo, also said that he would complete his term as mayor well. JK was found and finally brought to Megawati to advance at the DKI Governor's event.

The political leap of a man who looks simple and seems innocent is also unpredictable! Jokowi who was born in Surakarta is the seventh president who does not come from the political or military elite. The man who was born in 1961 started his political career as an executive from below. Jokowi succeeded in lifting the party bearing the white-nosed bull into a ruling party to shift the democrat for two terms.

The above discussion may be an early reflection of how to see the world of politics which is now progressing along with the rapid development of technology. Not infrequently there is a long-term conflict about its interpretation dimensions. This means that so far many humans have tried to interpret the world of politics as a forum to show their respective ideals.

The concrete form can be felt when the election season comes, whether executive or legislative. Competition is not only shown by candidate pairs but all of them are moved to show their identity. Even politics affects the lifestyle with restrictions on social interactions.

IPSOS Senior researcher Arief Nurul Iman said the political world ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election is different from before, the current pattern is similar to the tradition of the Mataraman kingdom used by Prabowo. According to Arief, only Prabowo Soebianto had a similar style to Jokowi when he entered the presidential contestation.

"There has been a clear change in Prabowo in communicating, all parties are embraced and embraced. Prabowo is now more humane and leaves his militaristic style. It is very similar to Jokowi when he participated in the political contestation to become president yesterday," said Arief Nurul Iman to VOI when contacted by telephone, August 14.

The style of Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo is different from that of Prabowo. Anies, who uses a pattern against the current, such as salmon by bringing a concept of change and claiming to be Jokowi's antithesa, is considered not to develop in terms of electability. Arief also mentioned that Anies' pattern, which has been known to fight the current since serving as chairman of the student senate.

Meanwhile, Ganjar Pranowo, who is currently running as a candidate from the PDIP, is considered not to bring change to the nation. This is because Ganjar's position is the same as Jokowi, a party official.

"I have known Anies since he was in college and met several times to discuss the plans or strategies he took. Not much different when he was in college, likes to go against the flow and has a solid basis when deciding something. Meanwhile, for Ganjar, if he wins, whatever decision he makes must ask for approval from Megawati as the general chairman," said Arief.

In line with Arief Nurul Iman, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Marzuki Alie also said that Prabowo Soebianto had made a big change in his communication style. Marzuki Alie said that Prabowo always emphasized to all his team not to counterattack if anyone blasphemed him.

"In participating in the third contest as a presidential candidate, Pak Prabowo always emphasizes all to always maintain unity and integrity. Not having buzzers from the air side but being prohibited from counterattacking against anyone who blasphemes or criticizes sharply," Marzuki Alie told VOI when met in Jakarta.

Mirwan Bz Vauly, the core team of GoAnies confirmed the figure of Anies Baswedan who likes to fight the current or become an antithese from Jokowi. He said that history in politics often repeats itself, but there is also a tendency from real events and is also recorded as history.

The man who serves as Secretary General of Go Anies said that Anies Baswedan would not be afraid of Jokowi's strategy of providing support for certain presidential candidates. This is because the real king of the upcoming democratic party is none other than the people, not Jokowi.

"The certain strategy applied by Anies will certainly not be opened. I will inform you of the basis of Anies Baswedan's movement, including knowledge and the wishes of the people who want a better change after the Jokowi administration is over. And the real king of the democratic party is none other than the Indonesian people," Mirwan told VOI when contacted by telephone, August 14.

Mirwan reasoned that this could be seen from the enthusiasm of the people who welcomed Anies in every region. According to him, the remarks given by the people to Anies were no fabrication or fake.

"The Indonesian people are now smart and want real changes and hope for Anies. And their enthusiasm here is that there is no engineering or artificial agenda made by the team but purely from the people themselves. This is similar to the newton law which consists of one, two and three. There are actions and reactions and we will be based like the newton law, that's the clue from Anies' strategy. History can change and change according to the knowledge (science) that is controlled or owned," he said.