Surabaya Survey Center (SSC) senior researcher Surokim Abdussalam said that the candidates participating in the 2024 presidential election who lost the quick count version of various survey institutions and the General Election Commission (KPU) real count provisional data must show their maturity in democracy with the slogan ready to win and lose.
According to Surokim, Anies and Ganjar need to learn from Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto and President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in building a polite and respectful political culture.
Even though the presidential election rivalry between Jokowi and Prabowo was very fierce in 2014 and 2019, these two figures were able to provide an example of how to do politics well.
When you have to compete, you do it seriously, but when it’s over, you unite for the progress of the nation.
“It requires maturity, it requires a more statesmanlike attitude , especially if we refer to previous experiences such as Pak Prabowo, who also lost many times in the presidential election and that should also be used as an example,” said Surokim, Saturday (2/2/2024 ).
Surokim said that the winner of the 2024 presidential election just needs to wait for the formal announcement by the KPU.
However, Surokim encouraged the losing party to admit defeat and immediately carry out national reconciliation .
“Everyone still has reason to wait for the real count, but the quick count is carried out by institutions that are not just one or two institutions but also by many institutions that have a reputation for counting elections,” said Surokim.
“The remaining distance between the two candidate pairs is also quite far, so it’s a bit difficult in my opinion, maybe if the distance is so small there won’t be a problem, the distance is too far, so there must be awareness that it is not easy to accept defeat,” he added.
Surokim said that the energy available from the losing candidate pair would be better used to prepare for the next election, whether they could join the winning coalition or declare their position as opposition.
“Instead of wasting energy on making accusations or making various excuses for his defeat, I think the position of being in the opposition is no less honorable, it would be wiser to be prepared to be in the opposition or carry out opposition functions against an elected government, for example,” he said.
Surokim explained that national reconciliation must be carried out immediately by the elite so that the people at the bottom follow it. Bandar Togel Terpercaya This is important so that there is no commotion and the re-emergence of polarization.
“The term intensity of political communication must be increased so that it can reduce unnecessary frictional tension. “We have a long history of reconciliation and polarization. We can’t put a number on the supporters, so we can start from reconciliation at the elite level first and then shift downwards,” he said.
“If we rely on reconciliation starting from the bottom, I think it will be quite difficult if reconciliation can be carried out through more intense elite meetings, I think it will be much more elegant, at least it can be an example and reduce the emergence of hoaxes which continue to be quite intense. disrupt the democratic process,” he said.