Jakarta, Hilton News –
The number two presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto attended the Trimegah event regarding the ‘Political and Economic Outlook 2024’ Wednesday (31/1). After Prabowo’s presence, the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) was green or rose 0.27 percent.
Prabowo at the event delivered his detailed presentation in front of investors about the planned economic program if it received a mandate from the community.
“Alhamdulillah, after Mr. Prabowo’s speech, the capital market rose to 0.27 percent. Hopefully this can be a foundation for Advanced Indonesia,” said Chief Economist and Head of Fixed Income Research PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk, Fakhrul Fulvian in Jakarta, Wednesday (31/1).
On that day, JCI closed higher in the green zone with an increase of 15.72 points or equivalent to a gain of 0.22 percent to 7,207.94 in trading with a range of movement that occurred between 7,192-7,2247.
Likewise, on Thursday (1/2) morning, JCI strengthened again at the opening of trading. Recorded at 09.00 WIB, JCI opened at 7,211 and shot to the highest position of 7,223 shortly after opening.
Then on Thursday afternoon, JCI closed at 7,201. The stock index was at 6.24 points or minus 0.09 percent from the previous trade. 219 stocks advanced, 297 corrected, and 236 stagnated.
In his presentation at the Trimegah event last Wednesday, Prabowo said the free lunch and milk program for school children would absorb the harvest of local farmers.
The program, said Prabowo, will be a stimulus for the movement of the local economy, especially increasing demand for food in the domestic market, such as the supply of rice, vegetables, fruits to milk.
With the free lunch and milk program that will be implemented in every province in Indonesia, Prabowo believes that the strengthening of the domestic market will be guaranteed in all regions, both in villages, sub-districts and districts.
“The market will be guaranteed, there will be a captivated market in every village, in every subdistrict, regency, and province,” Prabowo said.
Therefore, Prabowo is determined to maximize food and energy self-sufficiency to create national economic stability.
“The biggest contribution of political leaders is to be able to create calm, because with that creates a positive climate. The minimum economic growth target is 8 percent,” he stressed.
In recent days, a number of pollsters released that the electability of Prabowo-Gibran has broken above 50 percent. For example, in the SPIN survey, Prabowo-Gibran’s electability exceeded 50.9 percent, almost twice that of his two opponents.
The electability of the number two pair, Prabowo-Gibran also penetrated 51.1 percent in the indEX survey. Meanwhile, the LSI Denny JA survey which showed the electability of paslon number 2 reached 50.7 percent.
“So electability has passed the magic number for one round, which is at 50.7 percent,” said LSI researcher Denny JA Adjie Faraby in a press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday (30/1).
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