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Erick Thohir’s popularity grows as potential VP candidate
Erick's electability rate rose from 10.3 percent in December 2022 to 14.5 percent in February of this year.
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State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir is greeted by residents before touring the Bung Karno Exile House in Bengkulu on Jan. 24. (Courtesy of ET Team)
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tate-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir, who was recently elected chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI), has experienced a boost in popularity as a potential vice presidential candidate, a recent election survey shows.
The minister is still trailing behind the top two potential candidates, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil and Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno, but he has enjoyed the highest increase in popularity of all the figures considered in the survey series conducted by polling company Indikator Politik Indonesia.
His electability rating rose from 10.3 percent in December 2022 to 14.5 percent in February, when he was elected PSSI chairman with the support of many young football fans, according to the company’s latest election survey released on Sunday.
Erick is now competing for third place with Democratic Party chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, who also got 14.5 percent. Ridwan and Sandiaga are still leading the race with 21.2 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively. Of these possible contenders, only Ridwan’s electability rating fell from the previous survey (24.1 percent).
“When there was a downward trend [in popularity] for Ridwan Kamil, the support for Erick Thohir surged, while the other candidates’ electability ratings did not change much,” Indikator Politik Indonesia executive director Burhannudin Muhtadi said at the release of the survey, which was streamed on YouTube.
The latest poll could boost Erick’s chances of being nominated as a VP candidate, but he has yet to make any electoral intentions public.
