POLITICS

The latest poll by Kompas Research and Development shows that the electability of the Prabowo-Gibran pair is at the top, favored by 39.3 percent of the respondents, ahead of rivals Anies-Muhaimin at 16.7 percent and Ganjar-Mahfud at 15.3 percent.

A survey by SPIN pollster found that the majority of mass organizations (ormas) are skewed toward supporting the Prabowo-Gibran candidacy.

The electability of the presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair Prabowo-Gibran remained solidly ahead based on the findings of pollster Lembaga Survei Nasional (LSN), announced on Fri (24/11).

The Prabowo-Gibran campaign team (TKN) highlighted cases of intimidation carried out against members of their volunteer organization Bolone Mase, who support the Onward Indonesia Coalition’s vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, by unknown people in Solo, Central Java, over the last few weeks.

Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto emphasized that the people must stay united to protect the Indonesian state, regardless of the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Presidential hopeful of the Onward Indonesia Coalition, Prabowo Subianto, believes that Indonesia can no longer continue with the neo-liberal capitalistic economic system which does not side with the people, and must return to the nation's core identity, namely the Pancasila economy.

The candidate pair of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka announced the formation of its National Campaign Team (TKN) headed by the former Deputy SOE Minister Rosan Perkara Roeslani at the Grand Kemang Hotel, Jakarta, Monday (6/11).

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the presidential and vice presidential candidates (bacapres) and vice presidential candidates of the Advanced Indonesia coalition (KIM), registered themselves as 2024 election contestants at the General Elections Commission (KPU), Jakarta, Wednesday (25/10).

The Supreme Court (MA) restricted the ability of former corruption convicts to run as legislative election candidates less than five years after it reviewed the petitions filed by a number of parties, including the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), and two former KPK chairmen Saut Situmorang and Abraham Samad.

Ujang Komarudin, political observer at Al Azhar University Jakarta, believes that President Joko Widodo's statement that he felt comfortable being driven by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is a coded message of his support for Prabowo in the 2024 presidential election.

National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) lead researcher Siti Zuhro commented on the many surveys released ahead of the 2024 presidential election, especially on political issues that have emerged recently. According to her, all surveys must comply with the basic principles and research methodology.