Tempo Eksplainer: Baru Seumur Jagung Jadi Presiden, Mengapa Prabowo Kembali Deklarasi Capres 2029?
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00:00The decision of Prabowo to go back to the presidential election in 2029 was made in front of the heads of the political parties, members of the Indonesia Onward Coalition or KIM, at the Selaturahmi conference commemorating the 17th anniversary of Gerindra in Hambalang on Friday, February 14, 2025.
00:20Prabowo also offered KIM Plus to become a permanent coalition.
00:25At the end of the meeting, a number of KIM members agreed to the idea.
00:29The Secretary-General of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, King Juliantoni, for example, stated that PSI would be part of the coalition and support Prabowo in the 2029 press conference.
00:40In his political statement at the celebration of Gerindra's birthday on Saturday, February 15, 2025, Prabowo admitted that he asked to go back to the 2029 press conference.
00:49However, he asked not to be nominated again if his program failed in the first period.
00:54Gerindra's decision to nominate Prabowo as a presidential candidate in 2029 was made when the government was just a cornfield.
01:02Appointed on October 20, 2024, Prabowo just passed 100 days of his term in office in the Red-White Cabinet on January 28, 2025.
01:12Irfan Yusuf, Chairperson of the Gerindra Party, claimed that for six months Prabowo became president, people's lives became better.
01:19That is why Gerindra asked Prabowo to go back to the 2029 press conference.
01:25Even so, Irfan claimed that Prabowo himself would decide whether to go ahead or not.
01:30In his opinion, Prabowo's immigration policy is based on the level of success of the government's program.
01:36In addition, he continued that Prabowo wanted the current coalition to be defended.
01:40Prabowo, he said, wanted Kimplus to help him until five years from now.
01:44Kimplus is a party coalition formed in the 2024 regional election constitution.
01:50This coalition is Kim's expansion that previously supported Prabowo Subianto, Gibran Raka Buming Raka, in the 2024 press conference.
01:58On a separate occasion, Guntur Romli spokesperson criticized Gerindra's steps.
02:04He said that Gerindra was too early to support Prabowo for the 2029 press conference.
02:09In his opinion, there is something more important to be discussed after 100 days of Prabowo-Gibran government rather than managing the next term of president.
02:18Guntur understood the attitude of Gerindra who took the early step to support Prabowo for the presidential election in the coming five years.
02:24He suspects that Gerindra does not have a role other than Prabowo who can be elected as a candidate for president in the coming period.
02:33The executive director of Firdika Rizki Utama said,
02:36Prabowo Subianto's desire to return to the press field in 2029 is a form of democracy.
02:42Firdika called the desire as an effort to defend power, not to conquer Indonesia.
02:49According to Firdika, Prabowo's electability is currently at its peak because it runs a propaganda machine for power.
02:55The propaganda is carried out through free food projects and Prabowo's image as a firm and global president.
03:02He said that Gerindra wanted to defend that direction by announcing Prabowo's return to the press field in 2029.
03:10With that intention, Firdika estimates that every news program will be measured based on image, not impact or benefit in the long run.
03:18He said that the orientation of free food projects and social assistance can change from a social protection tool to a campaign tool.
03:27Indonesian political parameter director Adi Prayitno said,
03:30For four months in office, Prabowo has seen himself as a pro-people president.
03:35That attitude is seen by launching free food programs, free health care and free housing for the people.
03:42However, that action is directed towards political supporters who have the opportunity to be capitalized by Gerindra.
03:48Adi said that Gerindra is trying to build a profile of Prabowo as a worthy figure to be president for the second time.
03:56Strategic Exposit Director Arief Susanto estimates that the hasty announcement of Gerindra is one of the strategies to overcome a number of threats.
04:04One of them comes from the King Plus party that is now in power.
04:08According to him, a government with a coalition of parties that will be difficult to coordinate.
04:13One way to lock the coalition is distribution or division of power.
04:17However, the situation can change from time to time.
04:22On the other hand, Arief estimates that Gibran Raka Buming Raka may be a threat to Prabowo's political ambitions.
04:28According to Arief, Prabowo does not want Gibran's popularity level to be higher than it is.
04:32Moreover, based on the history of Indonesian politics, the candidate for president is actually a competitor in the future.
04:38Even so, according to Arief, the important factor that is counted by Prabowo is Jokowi.
04:42Because Jokowi still has a relationship with a party like Golkar.
04:47Prabowo wants to eliminate Jokowi's power.