Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
A number of political partiespolitical party) and elements of society reject discourse amendments to the Constitution (UUD) 1945 as well as changes maximum term of office of the president from two to three periods.
The amendment to the 1945 Constitution is a discourse that was echoed by the Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo alias Bamsoet, in the MPR Annual Session on August 16, 2021 ago. Meanwhile, the discourse on changing the president’s term of office is something that some parties suspect will be carried out through amendments to the 1945 Constitution.
Among the political parties, there is the Deputy Chair of the MPR from the PKB faction, Jazilul Fawaid, who rejects the amendment to the 1945 Constitution. He said discussing the plan to amend the 1945 Constitution in the midst of the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic is not wise.
However, Jazilul said the PKB was waiting for developments in handling Covid-19 before discussing the issue of amendments to the 1945 Law.
“PKB is waiting for developments in handling Covid, only if you want to talk about amendments. If Covid is not over, I don’t think it would be wise to talk about amendments,” Jazilul said.
On the other hand, the Deputy Chair of the MPR from the PKS faction, Hidayat Nur Wahid, said that implementing the constitution consistently was more urgent than making amendments to the 1945 Constitution, even if on a limited basis.
The signal of rejection was also conveyed by the Deputy Chairperson of the MPR from the NasDem and Democratic factions.
From the community element, the Chairperson of PA 212, Slamet Maarif, emphasized that he strongly refused because at this time there was no urgency to amend the 1945 Constitution.
“We will fight through constitutional channels, up to the step of besieging the DPR/MPR Building if it continues,” said Slamet.
In general, Slamet said PA 212 rejected the discourse on amendments to the 1945 Constitution. Although the amendments were limited to only including State Policy Points (PPHN), PA 212 still refused.
“Yes, we reject it, especially if the amendment is only to extend our position or become 3 periods, we are more likely to reject it,” he said.
Constitutional law expert Refly Harun rejects the discourse on amendments to the 1945 Constitution if it only aims to include PPHN. He considered that the PPHN could be carried out with other steps without constitutional amendments.
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