Director of Indonesian Voters Institution (LPI) Boni Hargens argues, radicalism groups in Indonesia will play a role in the 2019 presidential election. They are predicted to unite against petahana, Joko Widodo.
"So, Presidential Election 2019 will be a battle between Jokowi with radicalism group," said Boni in a discussion on the number Semanggi, South Jakarta, Wednesday.
The radical group, Boni continued, is not alone. Because, their number is fairly small. They are predicted to be embraced by political-religious groups that tend to be pragmatic.
This political-religion group, continued Boni, one of them in the form of a political party.
Both forces, continued Boni, tend to use irrational issues to undermine public confidence in their opponents. In the context of the 2019 presidential election, his opponent is Jokowi.
"If it is against Jokowi, the PKI is an anti-Islam and other irrational issues, he does not shout about performance, he does not talk about what Jokowi has done," Boni said.
The issue also has the potential to penetrate the Indonesian people called Boni 60 percent do not have a good political understanding.
"Most of the Indonesian voters will choose the figure based on certain issues, or figures that are being dihebohkan or follow the mobilization done for example by the head of RT, RW and so on," said Boni.
Moreover, the issue could threaten Indonesia's unity and unity. Therefore, Boni hopes that the public will start to intensify the literacy on certain issues that arise, especially religious issues against the presidential candidate.