Chief of the National Police Listyo Sigit Prabowo mentioning whoever the president is elected will surely run into difficulties if Presidential elections of 2024 political polarization.
Listyo conveyed it through a scientific talk titled Youth and National Challenges at Walisongo State Islamic University (UIN) Semarang, Saturday (29/10).
“Whoever is elected will have to face this problem (polarization). Whoever is the leader will be difficult,” Listyo said, citing Antara.
According to him, the 2019 elections must be an experience to face the 2024 elections. The polarization that was so dense in society occurred at that time.
The phases of the general elections of 2024 have now begun. In line with this, it is possible that there are identity politics carried out by some parties.
The black polarization campaign, Listyo said, could take place in the upcoming presidential elections of 2024. Therefore, unity and integrity must be maintained in order to maintain stability, security and public order, as well as politics. .
“The 2024 elections must be of quality. Not to be provoked and polarized,” he said.
The General Electoral Commission (KPU) began opening the registration period for presidential and vice presidential candidates on 19 October 2023. The campaign period continued until early February.
Subsequently, voting will take place on February 14, 2024. The public will not only vote for presidential candidates, but also for candidates for DPR, DPRD and DPD.
Separately, the results of the Drone Emprit analysis stated that Generation Z or the generation born between 1995 and 2012 could reduce the potential for polarization in the 2024 elections.
“Generation Z does not completely agree with the narratives raised by their elders (Millennials and Generation X), if I look at them they are more critical of information,” said chief Drone analyst Emprit Rizal Nova Mujahid when he was contacted in Yogyakarta, Thursday (27/10). quoted by Between.
According to Rizal, Gen Z aged 13-23 in social media conversation maps tend not to follow the narrative built by the millennial generation (25-34) and generation X (41-56) ) before the 2024 elections.
Meanwhile, the millennial generation has not yet led to a clash of ideas or agendas, but they are still attacking personal figures with issues of ethnicity, religion, race and intergroup (SARA) as during the 2017 DKI Pilkada and the 2019 elections. .
“There is no other narrative, the pattern is always the same, it is directed at the person, the attack is personal and not an attack on the program,” he said.
Rizal also assessed that the Millennial Generation narrative model on social media still has the potential to trigger polarization. “Actually, the polarization has not been mapped, but it has already happened. We see that the polarization has been going on for a long time and is still going on,” she said.
Therefore, Generation Z, which has a percentage of social media users reaching 8.2 percent (13-17 years) and 11.6 percent (18-24 years), with a critical character that must be addressed and encouraged to reduce polarization.
“I expect a lot from Generation Z because they are used to gadgets, used to controlling existing information, different from the Millennial Generation,” he said.
(Between / bmw)
