Jakarta – Ali Masykur Musa, Deputy Chairman of the National Campaign Team (TKN) for Prabowo-Gibran, revealed an interesting claim at a joint prayer event with Prabowo-Gibran volunteers at the TKN Fanta HQ Headquarters, Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Sunday, December 31, 2023.
The Chairman of the Central Leadership of the Nahdlatul Ulama Scholars’ Association (NU) emphasized that Prabowo Subianto is a leader who meets the criteria in Islamic law. In his statement, Ali emphasized that Islam teaches the concept of effective leadership, which is able to create prosperity and uphold religious values.
“Pak Prabowo is a figure who is able to realize prosperity and these values,” said Ali, as quoted from a written statement.
Ali Masykur Musa also invited the volunteers who attended the joint prayer event to pray for the success of the Prabowo-Gibran pair in achieving victory in the 2024 Presidential Election in one round. He is optimistic that this victory will bring many benefits to the people.
Previously, a survey conducted by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) Denny JA in August 2023 showed that Islamic parties obtained 18.2 percent support. In the survey, Anies Baswedan led by a margin of 3.1 percent, while Prabowo was in second place with 28.3 percent, and Ganjar Pranowo was in third place with 28.1 percent.
According to LSI Denny JA researcher Ardian Sopa, in the release of the survey, the growth of Islamic parties can have a positive impact on Anies’ electability. However, he also highlighted the weaknesses still possessed by Islamic parties that can affect Anies’ electability.
“The position of Islamic parties is not yet strong, so overall Anies’ electability has not experienced a significant increase,” he said.
Ardian also explained that there are four parties classified as Islamic parties, namely PKB, PKS, PAN, and PPP. These four parties managed to win seats in the DPR in the 2019 Election.
In the survey, LSI Denny JA also conducted a head-to-head simulation between three potential presidential candidate pairs, namely Prabowo versus Ganjar, Prabowo versus Anies, and Ganjar versus Anies. The survey was conducted from August 1 to 8, 2023, with 1,200 respondents using the multistage random sampling method in all regions of Indonesia, with a margin of error of 2.9 percent. (SENOPATI)
