“The proposal from Eriko is interesting,” stated Huda at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday. According to Huda, the possibility of PKB allying with PDIP in Jakarta is open if PDIP is willing to take the deputy governor for Anies and if PKS does not manage to find a coalition partner in the Jakarta Pilkada. “It is possible that PKB, with PDIP as the deputy, could happen if PKS does not get to form a coalition,” clarified Huda.

Previously, PDIP DPP Chairperson Eriko Sotarduga suggested that if their party collaborates with PKB to nominate Anies Baswedan in the Jakarta Pilkada, they would offer the gubernatorial seat in East Java to PDIP. “For instance, in Jakarta, if PKB becomes the gubernatorial candidate, may PDIP become the gubernatorial candidate in East Java? Sure, it’s not a barter, but that’s what cooperation means, we can’t achieve everything on our own, we must work together,” said Eriko at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Esa Unggul University political communication analyst M. Jamiluddin Ritonga believes that in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada, PKS will still form a coalition with the National Awakening Party (PKB) and the NasDem Party, which will likely propose Anies Baswedan. Added to that, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), which is interested in nominating Anies in the Jakarta Pilkada. However, another possibility might occur if the deputy gubernatorial position for Anies is not given to PKS. It is predicted that PKS will cross over to the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM), which will propose Ridwan Kamil. “PKS will hope to get the deputy gubernatorial position by joining KIM. If PKS is accepted by KIM, there is a possibility that Sohibul Iman will accompany Ridwan Kamil,” stated Jamil. “However, this possibility is very small if Kaesang Pangarep runs in the Jakarta Pilgub. KIM would certainly prefer Kaesang over Sohibul Iman as Ridwan Kamil’s running mate,” Jamil added. If that happens, according to Jamil, PKB and NasDem might join PDIP to nominate Anies as gubernatorial candidate, with the deputy gubernatorial candidate from PDIP. “In the Jakarta Pilgub, it seems that there will be a confrontation between two coalitions. The Change Coalition plus PDIP will nominate Anies and a PDIP cadre, while KIM is more likely to nominate Ridwan Kamil-Kaesang,” said Jamil. “If this happens, PKS might end up empty-handed. PKS will have the possibility of not getting anything in the 2024 Jakarta Pilgub,” stated the former Dean of FIKIM IISIP Jakarta.

Political communication expert from Esa Unggul University, M. Jamiluddin Ritonga, believes that PKS’s decision to nominate its cadre in the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada is a rational move. Not only because of its status as the winner of the 2024 legislative elections in Jakarta, but also due to the party’s solid machinery. However, according to Jamil, the decision to nominate Sohibul Iman as a gubernatorial candidate is another matter. The former PKS President is considered not popular among Jakarta residents. “PKS nominating Sohibul Iman seems to be aimed at increasing their bargaining position. As the winner of the 2024 legislative elections in Jakarta, PKS wants its cadre to be included in the Jakarta gubernatorial or deputy gubernatorial race. Therefore, PKS seems to have proposed Sohibul Iman early on. The goal is to ensure that PKS at least gets the deputy gubernatorial position,” said Jamil to Liputan6.com on Monday, June 24, 2024.

Differentiating Political Election Oversight from Legal Disputes

Hasibuan makes clear that the grievances mentioned by the oppositions refer to political election monitoring, an area normally looked after by the Election Supervisory Company (Bawaslu). He says that the Constitutional Court’s mandate is to adjudicate conflicts over political election results, not to oversee election conduct.

Political observer Budiman from Mulawarman University (Unmul) stated that candidates running in the East Kalimantan Regional Election should be transparent. “Prospective regents in the East Kalimantan Regional Election must be transparent and free from money politics,” he remarked.

Kaka Suminta emphasized that to prevent any allegations of lobbying by prospective regent and deputy regent pairs regarding administrative verification, the central KPU must step in. “There must be oversight from the central KPU,” said Kaka. He added that to avert any clandestine attempts at committing fraud during administrative verification, the central KPU should enforce strict oversight. “If pairs fail to pass administrative verification, they should not be allowed any opportunities that could undermine democracy,” he asserted.

The Gibran Eligibility Concern

A substantial part of the conflict involves the eligibility of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice-presidential candidate. The Prabowo-Gibran team is positive that this problem, currently worked out by a previous Constitutional Court decision, lacks the substance to affect the election’s end result.

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