PBNU support can maintain the stability of Prabowo's government

PBNU's support is seen as being able to maintain the stability of the Prabowo-Gibran government even though support from parliament is already 70 percent.

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The issue of air pollution is not a new one. The community's condition, which is threatened by air pollution, has long been present. There is a lot of research evidence indicating the threats of air pollution's impacts. However, this has not been able to significantly drive efforts in controlling air pollution. Hence, residents are increasingly suffering due to air pollution. Rois Aam of the Nahdlatul Ulama organization, KH Miftachul Achyar, Prabowo Subianto, the elected president for the 2024 election, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the elected vice president for the 2024 election, and Chairperson of PBNU KH Yahya Cholil Staquf (from left to right) took a photograph together during the Halalbihalal Nahdlatul Ulama 2024 event at the PBNU Headquarters in Jakarta on Sunday (28/4/2024).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - Statements of support for the future government which will be led by the elected president and vice president Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka continue to flow. This support does not only come from political parties, such as the National Awakening Party and Nasdem, but also from social organizations, namely the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board.

This PBNU support is seen as being able to maintain the stability of the government that will be run by Prabowo-Gibran even though support from the future parliament for the Prabowo-Gibran government has already reached 70 percent.

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At the PBNU Halalbihalal event in Jakarta, Sunday (28/4/2024), PBNU General Chair Yahya Cholil Staquf in his speech said that in the future, in the future, NU will never be without with the incoming president and vice president, namely Prabowo-Gibran. ”Is this about politics? Yes "However, the motivation is the benefit of society," said Yahya in front of Prabowo and Gibran who were also present at the event.

The event was also attended, among others, by Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, National Police Chief (Pol) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces General Agus Subiyanto.

Paramadina University Political Science and International Studies lecturer, Ahmad Khoirul Umam, views PBNU's support as the alignment of the largest moderate Islamic force in Indonesia at the moment. With this support, it is likely that the Prabowo-Gibran government will be more stable in undergoing a national leadership transition.

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The elected President and Vice President, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, attended the 2024 Halalbihalal event held by the Nahdlatul Ulama at the PBNU Central Office in Jakarta on Sunday, April 28th, 2024.

A Bakir Ihsan, a political science lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, also views NU as part of civil society and an important asset for Prabowo in building the nation.

In the future, according to Umam, it is hoped that PBNU will remain actively involved in critically and constructively monitoring the government. In this regard, providing alternative views and policies to create productive policy innovations.

The political safari continues

Meanwhile, the Gerindra Party confirmed that Prabowo, the presidential candidate it is supporting in the 2024 Pilpres, will still visit other political parties to establish friendships after the presidential election contest. This was conveyed by the Daily Chair of the Gerindra Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Sunday. According to him, Prabowo is not limited to meeting the General Chair of the National Awakening Party Muhaimin Iskandar and the General Chair of the Nasdem Party Surya Paloh, but also plans to meet the general chairs of other political parties.

However, Dasco is unable to confirm which party Prabowo will visit first. This is because each meeting must also be adjusted to Prabowo's schedule as the current defense minister. "But, the timing will be determined later because next week, Mr. Prabowo has a series of ministry activities, receiving guests from abroad and going abroad," said Dasco.

In the pillars of democracy, apart from political parties, what can be expected is civil society and the press.

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So far, based on the results of 2024 Election, according to Kompas's R&D calculations, there are four political parties supporting Prabowo-Gibran in the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) that have passed the threshold parliament, namely the Golkar Party (102 seats), Gerindra (86 seats), the National Mandate Party (48 seats), and the Democrats (44 seats). Plus support from two other political parties that also passed the parliamentary threshold, namely PKB (68 seats) and Nasdem (69 seats).

This condition has led the Prabowo-Gibran government to have around 70 percent support from parliament. According to Khoirul Umam, such support is more than enough for a government with a presidential system in the midst of a multi-party system.

Hope in civil society

The Dean of the Faculty of Law at Brawijaya University, Malang, Aan Eko Widiarto, believes that with the joining of PKB and Nasdem in supporting the Prabowo-Gibran government, the presence of parties outside the government as a balance will become increasingly small. However, parties outside the government are very important in a democratic country.

"If everything becomes an autocracy, only one government is in power, starting from the government and the party in one frame, then there will be no balance and it will be dangerous for democracy. "There should be a consistent position from the parties whose presidential and vice presidential candidates do not win in the 2024 presidential election," he said.

Finally, according to Aan, in the pillars of democracy, apart from political parties, only civil society and the press can be relied upon. "But later, if these balancing factors become exhausted, then farewell. Democracy is in danger and it should not be accumulated like in the New Order era. The power lies in the branches of authority. This will become a time bomb in the future and a boomerang in democracy," he said.