10th and 12th vice-president Jusuf Kalla (JK) give advice to potential presidential candidates (candidates) promoted by the NasDem Party, Anies Baswedan, related to the vice presidential candidate (cawapres) not because of his popularity. JK’s suggestion gathered the pros and cons of Coalition of change who is now intimate with Anies.
JK suggested that Anies choose her running mate, someone who has experience in assisting the president. According to JK, popularity is not the main factor in determining the vice presidential candidate.
“The congressman was initially judged not on popularity, but on the experience he had helped the president with. Look at it all,” JK told the Kempinski Hotel, Central Jakarta on Friday (28/10).
JK gave an example of the figures of 11th Vice President Boediono and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. According to him, the two figures were able to work well in helping the president without even campaigning.
“(For example) I’ve been vice president twice, Pak Boediono, Pak Kiai (Ma’ruf) have you ever campaigned? Never. It had to be, it had to work well.
JK realizes that both eligibility and popularity will be the benchmarks for the VP candidate Anies will choose. However, she believes that the public will judge whether the figure can work well or vice versa.
“Sure, in the election, yes. But eligibility shows in what he’s doing now. It has to be … but people will judge whether he is able to work or not,” he said.
NasDem: Can you win or not?
The NasDem party that declared Anies talked about the ideal vice-presidential candidate who was popular and could work. According to NasDem, the popularity and work of the vice-presidential candidate who accompanied Anies must be taken into account.
“If you’re not popular, can you win? That’s the problem. So, ideally, those who are popular and can work. So who is popular and working? Yes, there are a lot of them,” said DPP party chairman NasDem. Effendi Choirie or Gus Choi, to reporters, Saturday (29/10). ).
Gus Choi mentioned a number of names he thought were popular – business, unpopular – business, popular – inexperienced. These names are in fact associated with Anies to become a candidate for vice president in 2024.
“Khofifah is popular and it can work, right? Anyway, NU and women can work. AHY has no experience, (but) she is popular, she has no experience. Maybe even popular, two terms as governor, sure it can work,” Gus said. Choi.
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