JAKARTA - The electability of PSSI General Chair Erick Thohir as a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) increased after successfully eliminating severe sanctions imposed by FIFA on Indonesia related to the U-20 World Cup. (Erick's electability) has increased since the dynamics of the U-20 World Cup, especially Erick Thohir's efforts to cancel FIFA's decision are quite appreciated by the public," said Kompas Bambang Setiawan Researcher, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, May 27.
Bambang explained that when the U-20 World Cup dynamics occurred in the form of pros and cons from several parties in the country regarding the participation of the Israeli national team, Erick Thohir moved quickly by directly negotiating with FIFA.
Bambang said that the PSSI General Chair brought a blueprint for the transformation of the Indonesian football world and a letter from Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
The negotiations carried out by Erick Thohir succeeded in eliminating severe sanctions for the world of Indonesian football. Meanwhile, Indonesia only received administrative sanctions in the form of freezing FIFA's operational funds for PSSI, namely FIFA Forward 3.0. This decision is also in line with President Jokowi's wish that the Indonesian football world would not want the world to be segregated from the international community. Thanks to Erick Thohir's struggle, said Bambang, many Indonesian citizens and football lovers gave appreciation.
Furthermore, Bambang explained, the appreciation was recorded in the increase in the electability of the Minister of SOEs as a vice presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election in the Kompas Research and Development survey. Erick Thohir's electability as a vice presidential candidate was recorded to have increased by 1.4 percent from 3.1 percent in the survey for the January 2023 period, to 4.5 percent in the survey for the May 2023 period.
The Kompas Research and Development Survey was conducted face-to-face by involving 1,200 randomly selected respondents. The survey has a 95 percent confidence level, with a margin of error of around 2.83 percent.
"Although it does not return to Indonesia's position as the host of the U-20 World Cup, it seems that people's sympathy for Erick Thohir is starting to emerge," said Bambang.
Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia, registration of presidential/vice-presidential candidates from October 19 to November 25, 2023.
As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential/vice-presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the elections that meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election of DPR members. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament, so that pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. In addition, pairs of candidates can also be promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.
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