RRI, Diakui Akademisi UGM Kredibel Lakukan `Quick Counts`
UGM Academician Stated Indonesian Broadcasting Station`s Quick Counts is Credible
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Hasil hitung cepat atau quick count pilpres yang dilakukan oleh Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) cukup kredibel, karena lembaga survei tersebut tidak pihak pada salah satu kubu calon presiden dan calon wakil presiden RI.
"RRI sudah memiliki reputasi seperti pada pemilu legislatif lalu, dimana telah berhasil dan hasilnya pun mirip dengan penetapan Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU)," kata Arie Sudjito, Dosen FISIP Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta melalui keterangan tertulisnya di Jakarta, Sabtu.
Dari segi sumber daya manusia (SDM) itu sendiri, lanjut dia, tak perlu dipertanyakan lagi karena RRI memiliki sumber daya yang mempunyai kemampuan untuk melakukan survei.
"Kalau tidak percaya, kan bisa diaudit metodologinya. Saya yakin mereka transparan," tuturnya.
Ia menegaskan, bila ada pengamat yang mencurigai RRI ada kepentingan politik, hal itu dangkal dan tidak beralasan.
"Justru pengamat yang menuduh RRI itu yang patut dipertanyakan," katanya.
Dia mengimbau pengamat tidak menggunakan teori konspirasi yang menjebak pengamat menjadi tidak kritis dan sekadar menuduh.
"Saya percaya RRI telah memenuhi kaidahnya metodologi. Jika meragukan bisa ditanyakan, toh mereka pasti terbuka proses survei itu," kata Arie. (Ant)
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian presidential election quick count released by state run radio broadcasting station (RRI). The result of quick count carried out by RRI in cooperation with Antara news agency has been criticized by some political observer as being politically motivated.
A university lecture described as credible the RRI and Antara have taken a neutral stand taking side with neither one of the presidential candidates, Arie Sudjito, lecturer of the state run Gadjah Mada University(UGM) here on Saturday.
RRI has a good reputation in election survey such as it had proved in the legislative elections when its quick count result was almost the same as the official count by the election commission (KPU), Arie said in a written statement.
There should be no doubt about the credibility of the quick count as RRI has the resource to carry out such surveys, he said.
The methodology of the quick count could be audited if any doubt about the credibility, he said.
"Allegation that RRI and Antara had been politically motivated is groundless," he said, adding, on the contrary, the motive of the political observers throwing the allegation against RRI is highly questionable.
RRI has released its quick count showing that the election had been won by the widely popular candidate Joko Widodo(Jokowi) and his running mate Jusuf Kalla.
The result of the quick count by RRI is more or less the same as those of seven other independent survey agencies.
