With a three-way contest set for February 2024, Indonesia’s election hinges on the identity, ability and loyalty of the vice president nominations, says King’s College London Visiting Lecturer Dr Samir Puri.
President Joko “Jokowi” WidodoAs these rival presidential bids try to distinguish themselves in the months to come, one thing could prove the decisive ingredient: The right running mate.
, an influential cleric, played that role well in Mr Widodo’s re-election in 2019, consolidating the Muslim vote and then serving as a relatively withdrawn vice president, happy to support the president’s legislative agenda.Mr Baswedan, fallen behind in recent polls, must somehow find a balance between holding his political coalition together and choosing a running mate with raw electoral appeal to claw back the deficit.
Minister of State Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir, who is also the former owner of Inter Milan and chair of the influential Sharia Economic Community, is one such entrepreneurial figure who polls well as a result of his ministry's work to cut food and energy prices. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has the requisite economic experience and can leverage the Golkar Party’s electoral machinery in any future negotiations, but his numbers are weak.
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