By: Lilis Paramita *
Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, the hoax attacks for candidate pairs 01 still continued, starting from Jokowi Anti Islam, PKI family and various hoaxes that were fried since Jokowi became presidential candidate in 2014 with Jusuf Kalla. Worse, Jokowi also called for criminalizing ulama.
“You have to be brave to straighten out, the right to say rights, and the vanity says vanity. Don’t go back and forth, “said Jokowi when directing the certificate at the Umar Bani Mosque.
Wasekjen of the Indonesian Young Bull (BMI) of South Tangerang City, Itba Muhammad Mahyana said that the slander experienced by Jokowi actually directly increased the sympathy of the wider community for all policies and achievements in leading.
“We can witness it ourselves, every time we visit a place, wherever it is, the community enthusiastically welcomes Mr. Jokowi. This means that the public knows, the slander alleged to him is not true. “What emerges at this time is that the people’s sympathy towards him is getting stronger,” said Itba.
He also said that President Jokowi had been used to being insulted since a long time ago. Anyone certainly does not have perfection. Every leader, besides making various achievements, certainly also has weaknesses. However, he believes that today’s society is aware of choosing their candidates based on their track record.
One of President Jokowi’s achievements was that he had never lost a political contest. Starting from the Mayor, Governor to President. “The people must see how Jokowi was once the mayor, governor and president,” he explained.
Even he compared Jokowi’s leadership with his rival in the 2019 Presidential Election, Prabowo said he had never won a political contestation except winning the chair of the General Chair of the Gerindra Party. Itba also suspected that Prabowo’s supporters still had difficulty accepting the fact that Jokowi remained superior. From all surveys now, the electability distance between Jokowi and Prabowo reaches around 20 percent.
The latest survey from Charta Politika shows that presidential and vice-presidential candidate number 01 Jokowi – Ma’ruf Amin is still superior compared to candidate pair number 02 Prabowo – Sandiaga. Where Jokowi got a score of 53.6 percent of respondents’ support. While Prabowo – Password gets 35.4 percent.
Even in Central Java – DIY, Jokowi – Ma’ruf was able to get respondent support as much as 68.1 percent, while Prabowo – Sandiaga received respondents’ support as much as 18.4 percent.
He also stated firmly that the public now wants a leader who is populist, firm, caring and has a good track record. He considered, what was shown by Jokowi had fulfilled the people’s wishes.
In cracking down on KKN practices, Jokowi has also made a number of breakthroughs in eradicating corruption. Since his inception as Head of State, Jokowi has shown his support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) which continues to be rocked mainly by politicians. One of Jokowi’s commitments to quell Corruption was the establishment of a task force to clean up illegal fees (Saber Pungli Task Force). Jokowi also did not let his children enter the government. His two sons are now in the business of fried bananas and martabak like ordinary young entrepreneurs.
Jokowi also supports the KPK to become a frightening institution for corruptors through KPK breakthroughs. He stood on the KPK and the community to fight for KPK which is often weakened in various ways. This is in line with the white clothes that are often worn, white, which is often used by Jokowi, is a way to show the symbol that he is a clean leader of corruption and human rights crimes.
Jokowi once made a speech that he and his vice president were not human rights violators. He believed this because he never had a track record involved in cases of human rights violations. This is certainly different from the challenger figure Prabowo Subianto, who had been dismissed from his military career by the ABRI commander while serving as the Army Commander of the Army, related to the 1998 disappearance of activists.
Defamation may be widely heard, the insults made to Jokowi may increase the noise in cyberspace, but in fact the data and digital track record are very difficult to deceive. With a variety of track records, it is certainly natural that people tend to vote for Jokowi – Ma’ruf Amin.
- The author is an observer of social and political issues
