Luhut Binsar-Erick Thohir vs PDIP, who will Jokowi pick?

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Constitutional law expert Refly Harun said President Joko Widodo trusted three people in the second term of his administration.

He said it on Thursday (10/29/2020) through his YouTube channel Refly Harun.

“Only three [orang] if you want to get shot downwither a little risky, that is, Airlangga Hartarto, who is none other than a member of the Golkar Party. Meanwhile, the other two are not part, namely Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Erick Thohir, “Refly Harun was quoted by Bisnis, on Friday (10/30/2020).

Refly revealed that there was a story about not getting along or disharmony between Luhut Binsar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

He even gave an example of why Mahfud MD, who ultimately did not become a vice presidential candidate during the 2024 presidential election contest, was replaced by Ma’ruf Amin.

“Because there is also an elite constellation between the triangle of President Jokowi, Luhut Binsar and Megawati Soekarnoputri. Mahfud is knocked out. [Lalu] Entering Ma’ruf Amin is a story that Rizal Ramli once told me, ”he explained.

Then Refly mentioned Erick Thohir as the rising star. The reason is that the name of the owner of Mahaka Media Group suddenly shot up after the 2018 Asian Games.

In addition, he said that Erick already had ambitions to become a candidate for president in 2024.

Refly stated that Erick’s current position is very strong, that is, as Minister of BUMN. Many people, he said, are sometimes mistakenly seen as the ‘boss’ of hundreds of BUMNs.

“While the manager is different from the boss, the Minister of BUMN remains as manager. Therefore, Erick Thohir himself said that BUMN is not a business entity owned by his grandmother,” he said.

Unfortunately, Refly revealed that the way Erick Thohir and his gang treated state-owned companies was no different than previous ministers.

One of the indicators, Refly said, was related to appointment of people and management, which was closely related to political affiliation.

Refly went on to say that in this condition, it seemed that the PDIP was not satisfied because the banteng party got a small portion. That is why Minister Erick Thohir was beaten several times by PDIP politician Adian Napitupulu.

“I heard the consensus, for example, there is aversion to PDIP because of Erick Thohir,” Refly said.

However, he saw that there was some reasonableness that came from the side of the political spectrum, because Erick Thohir was from the middle class who certainly did not have an ideology towards the PDIP.

Refly considered that this could be the reason why the PDIP does not like Erick Thohir. He said Erick’s ideology was more towards the middle, for example the Golkar Party.

“If you move to the right it is also very little. If you go to the left, maybe a little to the left. So Erick Thohir is probably not the favorite of the PDIP to work together, including being the crown prince of a presidential candidate. for example, “Refly said.