By: Izul Kurniawan *)
Like the MotoGP race, Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB) judged that Jokowi was able to overtake Prabowo in a perfect turn. The Golkar politician considered the number 01 presidential candidate Joko Widodo to be superior to candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto in the second round of Presidential Candidates debate at the Sultan Hotel in Jakarta. “Pak Jokowi often surpasses the presidential candidate’s 02 gas pull and at sharp turns, the 01 presidential successfully surpassed Pak Prabowo. So that in my the presidential candidate 01 won back the arena for the idea of the presidential candidates for this second series, “said TGB.
In the second round of the candidates’ debates, TGB argued that the maneuvers carried out by the two presidential candidates could make the public feel Jokowi’s ability to explain the views and arguments about economic policies that had been pursued as the President. He saw the policies made by Jokowi original and from a sincere heart. He also looked at Jokowi’s style of speech in the short, decisive, straightforward and clear debate of the second presidential candidate. For example, he said when Jokowi delivered about e-commerce.
The TGB calls Jokowi explicitly explaining the preconditions, current conditions and future conditions of e-commerce which will be one of the mainstays of the economic progress of the Indonesian nation. When entering the e- session, Jokowi mentioned the importance of building an online and offline ecosystem. TGB assessed Jokowi’s exposure that the mirror concerned understood the problem and the solution. Monica Kumalasari’s body language expert explained the results of body gesture analysis from both presidential candidates, Jokowi and Prabowo Subianto.
During the session when Prabowo responded to Jokowi’s question using the term Unicorn, Jokowi also had time to show a certain gesture. “Which is online – online?” Prabowo asked back when Jokowi asked for his opinion. Jokowi took the microphone again to confirm Prabowo’s question, his left hand had been lifted before he put back the microphone to listen to Prabowo’s answer.
According to Monica, in this Jokowi’s body language showed anxiety because Prabowo did not really understand what he was asking. In the last session, he stated that Jokowi showed he had no sense or thought of being afraid of anything when he called only Allah SWT whom he feared. This was interpreted by the TGB that the statement indicated that President Joko Widodo knew many obstacles faced as leaders.
“But there is no great power other than the ideals of the people who can give him strength in facing any problem or pressure of any kind. He also hopes that the statements delivered by the two candidates in the debate series held by the KPU can be the main reference for making choices on April 17, 2019.
Political Observer Gun Gun considers that Jokowi’s debating style using data is supported by his position as with the various policies he has taken. Moreover, regarding his position as an incumbent, Jokowi was considered to understand well the technical matters related to the debated topic. This condition is inversely proportional to Prabwowo, who is considered still not performing with a qualified technical understanding regarding the debate theme. felt that even though there were some interesting things from Prabowo Subianto, it was not yet technical in depth.
In the second debate, Jokowi was considered by several parties to return to displaying an attacking appearance. Meanwhile, Prabowo survived more. did not agree with that. According to him, Prabowo in the debate last night was not so defensive, but the data used to attack was still general. “Like the mission of talking about indexes issued by for example the world bank, for example what is meant by , is the performance index right, that’s actually true when checked facts, indeed our performance index is below other countries, in infrastructure development, why is Pak Prabowo do not deliver straightforwardly, “said Gun Gun.
Overall, Gun Gun considers the debate in the second debate to be better than the first debate. Both candidates have begun to enter the substantial area of the debate theme. However, Gun Gun considered the incumbent still superior in the second debate. also added that in the second round of the Presidential Candidates Debate, he saw that Jokowi was more relaxed and Prabowo was somewhat different from his first appearance, last night it was rather more in the field of political communication in the field of rhetoric.
Prabowo seemed to experience uncertainty and discomfort, it was read from a number of gestures when his face was blocked by the media. Indeed, in the second round of Prabowo’s presidential debate, there was far more under pressure. Of course this is in accordance with the TGB statement which stated that Jokowi managed to overtake the corner, this was due to the theme of the debate which was held by the incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo. While Prabowo only spoke normatively and acknowledged Jokowi’s success in many ways.
Jokowi was also able to overtake Prabowo when he firmly responded to Prabowo’s attack on infrastructure that did not favor the people and without careful planning. Jokowi stated that it was a big mistake if infrastructure development was without proper planning and was not used by the people.
Jokowi answered casually that infrastructure utilization takes time. For example, the culture of using public transportation takes time. Also with the construction of airports in West Java which still need other infrastructure. Jokowi in fact has shown his maneuver in the second debate, he managed to overtake the challenger’s camp by successfully giving answers in a realistic, straightforward and firm manner.
*) Socio-Political Observer