Jakarta –
PPP invites Governor Anies Baswedan to be a speaker at the DPW PPP Regional Muserwil event for the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Not only PPP, several other parties have invited Anies to be a discussion speaker.
According to a researcher from Paramadina University, Ahmad Khoirul Umam, political parties invited Anies as a form of searching for figures. Anies, who is not a party member, has the potential to be recruited for the 2024 election votes.
“Parties that do not have marketable political figures will continue to hunt (hunting) by approaching figures they feel have the potential to be promoted in the upcoming 2024 presidential election,” Umam said when contacted, Tuesday (2/1/2022).
“Because that’s one of their ways to save themselves from being degraded by the 4 percent parliamentary threshold,” he said.
Umam said Anies become a potential figure as a presidential candidate so that it will affect the legislative vote if they carry Anies.
“On the other hand, the electoral system has also not changed, where the Pilleg and the Presidential Election are run simultaneously. This means that the compatibility of choosing the candidates for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates will have an impact on the creation of a coattail effect which is expected to boost the electability of political parties.” it,” he said.
There are several parties that are considered to have acted closer to popular figures outside their party. According to Umam, they are considered to have the potential to experience a decrease in votes from the 2019 election.
“Recently, it has been seen that the PAN, PPP, and Nasdem are quite aggressive in doing so, whose electability is predicted by the majority of survey results to be significantly corrected in the upcoming 2024 election,” he said.
Previously, Anies Baswedan attended PPP’s invitation to the DPW PPP DI Yogyakarta Muserwil in Bantul on Monday (31/1). PPP Secretary General Arwani Thomafi said many grassroots voices wanted his party to carry Anies in the 2024 presidential election.
“That’s one of the aspirations that developed in the party. Yes, God willing, we want the aspirations of the cadres to be our attention,” said Arwani in Bantul, as quoted by detikJateng, Monday (31/1).
However, Arwani said that his party is still in communication with other figures who are considered potential to run in the 2024 presidential election. PPP has also invited Ridwan Kamil, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, and Ganjar Pranowo to party activities.
“As in other activities such as the National Conference in Semarang, we also invited several figures who have a role and work in regional development, such as Ridwan Kamil, Khofifah. And friends in Central Java also established communication with Ganjar Pranowo,” he said.
Watch the video ‘PPP Starts Approaching Anies, Ganjar to RK’:
(aik/gbr)
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