Paying Off the Promise of the Proclamation
A year before the election on 14 February 2024, the figures of the presidential candidates desired by the public emerge to the surface. The figures are photographed through a survey.
Sukarno prayed before reading the proclamation of Indonesian independence. Collection of the Bung Karno Foundation
The Kompas Research and Development Survey, which was conducted longitudinally and released on Wednesday, 22 February 2023, led to three names of figures desired by the public. The three names are Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan. The three names are consistently at the top. Of course, the history of contemporary politics is so dynamic. Other characters can still appear.
We call them the figures the public wants because in our election system, presidential candidates and vice-presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or a combination of political parties. That means, they are only considered legitimate as presidential and vice-presidential candidates after being officially proposed by political parties or a combination of political parties in October 2023.