Yogyakarta –
Chairman of the Syuro Assembly Ummah Party Amien Rais said that the 1945 Constitution amendment plan had been discussed since 2019. Amien Rais also revealed the parties who discussed and raised the discourse.
“Indeed, the amendment plan (the 1945 Constitution, regarding the presidential term) has been discussed since 2019 by the pro-Jokowi figures,” said Amien Rais when delivering his speech on political tausyiah at the Virtual Tumpengan Legalization of the Ummat Party Legal Entity, Sunday (5/8). /2021).
Then, continued Amien, they deliberately lowered the issue to see the public’s assessment. According to him, the party who threw the issue was also not the party he called a formal supporter.
“Suddenly this issue went down as if it had gone quiet. Then after that it was brought up again by PDIP friends, especially not official PDIP, non-formal supporters. testing on the water , said Amen.
He said, testing on the water This is to find out the reaction of civil society. What if amendments to the 1945 Constitution were made to extend President Joko Widodo’s term of office, it could be added another five years or three terms.
“What will their reaction be, if civil society is presented with an issue called an amendment, so that President Jokowi can be given another five years,” he explained.
However, it depends on the public’s reaction. Amien explained that if the public reacted against or negatively, the issue of the amendment for this extension would automatically disappear.
“When the public reaction is negative, then it disappears,” he explained.
“Perhaps the greatness as well as the weakness of us has a way of thinking that is indeed short memory. Moved for a while, then slowly disappeared,” said Amien Rais.
Previously reported, Deputy Chairperson of the MPR RI Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) told about the meeting between the leadership of the MPR RI and President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). One of the things discussed was the question of the 3rd term president.
It is known that the meeting took place on August 14, 2021, before the Annual Session of the DPR/MPR on August 16, 2021. The MPR leadership group was led by the Chairman of the MPR, Bambang Soesatyo.
“The president’s state speech on August 16, all MPR leaders consul to Mr. President. This is a chapter of its own. So when we meet, consultations on the main course of the country, including the preparation of a joint conference,” said Zulhas in the dialectics tvMu show broadcast on YouTube as quoted today.
Zulhas said that the Deputy Chair of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly from the Democratic Party faction, Syarief Hasan, had asked about the discourse on the amendment to the 1945 Constitution, especially regarding the three presidential terms.
Jokowi, said Zulhas, emphasized that he rejected the president’s plan to serve three terms. In addition, Jokowi asked that the issue of the amendment to the 1945 Constitution not be linked to him as an executive.
“It was Mr. Syarief who asked, Mr. President at that time (said), ‘I have explained back and forth if anything is wrong, then the president is directly accused’. I have explained back and forth, I don’t agree and that’s right the authority of the parties, the MPR and parliament is there, not in the executive. Why should I continue to be in the spotlight?’. I think so,” he explained.
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