The campaign period for presidential and vice presidential candidates should present ideas, not gimmicks

2023-12-09 17:52:20

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Presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. Photo/MPI Doc

JAKARTA – The presidential and vice presidential candidates should use the campaign period to convince the public with their vision and mission and work program for the next 5 years. That’s what serial number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD did.

Deputy Director Representative of the National Winning Team ( TPN ) Ganjar-Mahfud, Oktafiandi said, candidate pair number 3 who carries the vision and mission “Towards a Superior Indonesia” has campaigned and conveyed his ideas to the public.

“Mas Ganjar has conveyed many ideas in every meeting with the people, or in other public spaces. For example, 1 village 1 health center, free internet for students, corruptors imprisoned in Nusakambangan, and the issue of expensive basic commodities,” said Oktafiandi, Saturday (9 /12/2023).

Oktafiandi emphasized that the presidential and vice presidential candidates must make good use of this moment during the campaign so that they are not seen as candidates who are stuck in ideas. It doesn’t just come up with dance gimmicks, like what the Prabowo-Gibran camp did.

“After 2 weeks of the campaign period, Prabowo-Gibran was only seen showing off the ‘Awokwok’ dance. We haven’t seen any ideas given, either by the candidate pair directly or their team,” said Oktafiandi.

Oktafiandi also highlighted the absence of candidate pair number 2 from a number of dialogue events, both organized by campuses and television stations.

“I was confused, when I was invited to debate and compete for ideas on television or campus, how come there were only 2 candidate pairs present, Mas Ganjar-Prof Mahfud and candidate candidate number 1,” he said.

Apart from that, the PDI Perjuangan legislative candidate for the West Java Electoral District X also highlighted the unpreparedness of candidate pair number 2 when dealing with media crew. Often times, especially Gibran Rakabuming Raka responds to media crew questions with answers out of context.