Guessing the Direction of the Political Party Coalition in the Lampung Regional Election
A number of candidates whose names have emerged as candidates for governor of Lampung are hunting for party support.
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PDI-P politician, Umar Ahmad, while participating in the selection of candidates for governor of Lampung at the Lampung Nasdem Party DPW, Tuesday (7/5/2024).
Prospective candidates for governor and deputy governor of Lampung for the 2024-2029 period are starting to seek support from a number of political parties through networking. So, what is the direction of the political party coalition in Lampung regional elections?
At least four political parties have opened up candidate nominations for governor and vice governor of Lampung. The Lampung Democratic Party of Struggle was the first party to open up nominations, from April 22 to May 20, 2024.
As of Wednesday (8/5/2024), there were five figures who took part in the PDIP Lampung selection as candidates for governor of Lampung. They are Hanan A Rozak, Umar Ahmad, Riswan Mura, Bambang Handoko, Yusuf Kohar, and Nuria Bastari.
Meanwhile, three other individuals have registered as candidate for the Deputy Governor of Lampung, namely Irfan Nuranda Djafar, Edy Irawan Arief, and Abu Hasan. The number of registrants may still increase as the selection process will continue until next week.
In addition to PDI-P, the National Mandate Party of Lampung also opened its candidate selection process from April 23 to May 10, 2024. As of now, the PAN selection process has been followed by 11 people who registered as gubernatorial candidates. Meanwhile, three others registered as candidates for vice governor of Lampung.
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Officials from the West Tulangbawang District KPUD in Lampung moved ballot boxes into a truck to be distributed to nine districts in the region on Sunday (12/2/2017).
The voting for the Lampung Democratic Party, which was open from 1-31 May 2024, was also quite busy. There are five people who registered to be candidates for Lampung governor candidates in the Democratic Party.
Meanwhile, the Nasdem Party of Lampung, which closed its candidacy registration on May 7th, 2024, announced that there were nine individuals who participated in the process. "Since the registration period from May 1st to May 7th, 2024, there are nine prospective candidates who have registered, seven prospective candidates for the Governor of Lampung and two prospective candidates for the Deputy Governor of Lampung," said Chairman of the Nasdem Party's Recruitment Team in Lampung, Rakhmat Husein DC in Bandar Lampung, on Wednesday.
Winning a election party does indeed influence the vote in local elections. However, it is not necessarily the case that the legislative party's cadres who won the election in Lampung will also emerge as winners in local elections. Referring to previous elections, the elected governor and vice governor of Lampung were also not from the winning election party.
A series of candidates whose names have emerged as potential governors of Lampung in the public eye are seeking support from political parties. They are participating in selection processes in many parties because no single party can nominate a candidate without a coalition.
Golkar politician, who is also a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Hanan A Rozak, and PDI-P politician, Umar Ahmad, for example, participated in the screening process for four political parties. Incumbent Arinal Djunaidi, who is also a Golkar politician, is competing with Hanan to be able to run again in the regional elections.
Meanwhile, Gerindra politician, Rahmat Mirzani Djausal, has joined the selection process in PAN. He is rumored to also be participating in the selection process in another party. As the winner of the election and having won 16 seats, Gerindra still needs at least 1 more seat to be able to nominate a candidate.
Bandar Lampung Mayor Herman HN (wearing a white shirt) visited a flood location in Panjang District, Bandar Lampung on Wednesday (5/8/2020).
Herman HN, a politician from Nasdem who previously served as the Mayor of Bandar Lampung for two terms, has also approached PAN and Demokrat. Despite having participated twice in the regional head elections, Herman still wants to run as a candidate for governor of Lampung. However, Nasdem, which holds 10 seats, needs a lot of support from other parties.
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Coalition axis
Political observer from Lampung University, Darmawan Purba, believes that there will be at least 3-4 pairs of candidates who will compete in the gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial elections in Lampung. Currently, several political parties are preparing strategies and calculating steps before announcing their candidate nominees.
He predicts that the direction of political party coalitions in the Lampung regional elections may not necessarily align with the coalition during the presidential election. "The socio-political conditions in Lampung are certainly different. This means that the form of the regional election coalition is unlikely to be identical to the presidential election coalition. Political parties that will work together will certainly consider the similarity of ideologies, visions, and missions, as well as the ability of each party to win," said Darmawan.
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Drivers pass by political party flags of the 2024 election participants and legislative candidates installed around Jatinegara Market, East Jakarta, on Monday (1/1/2024). The campaign period is when political parties use campaign materials. The high cost of politics is considered to be one of the contributors to the downfall of democracy.
Winning a election party does indeed influence the vote in local elections. However, it is not necessarily the case that the legislative party's cadres who won the election in Lampung will also emerge as winners in local elections. Referring to previous elections, the elected governor and vice governor of Lampung were also not from the winning election party.
Darmawan also observes the strong influence of corporations in the regional head election disputes in Lampung. In several previous elections, plantation companies holding land-use rights in Lampung openly funded politicians. He sees that corporate influence in this year's election will also occur again.
"Regarding the entry of corporations, it is like second nature. This is certainly a consequence of high political costs and an untransparent political party funding system. In the end, politicians do propose to political investors to support funding," he said.
That is why, as voters, the community must be very careful when determining the elected regional leader. The public must consider the ability and integrity of the candidate pairs so that whoever is elected is expected to solve problems in Lampung. "There must be efforts from all elements of society to change the dominant characteristics of pragmatic and transactional voters in Lampung," he said.
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