Jakarta –
Vice presidential candidate (cawapres) number 3, Mahfud Mdemphasized that he did not want to be a ‘spare tire’ in leading Indonesia, if elected in the 2024 presidential election. Mahfud said that he had spoken with the general chairs of the political parties (ketum parpol) supporting Ganjar-Mahfud, regarding this matter.
Mahfud explained this when answering a question from an ustaz at the Cijantung Al-Quran Islamic Boarding School, Pamalayang, Ciamis, Friday (15/12/2023).
“Public perception is that the Vice President is only a spare tire. To what extent will Mr Mahfud carry out that portion?” asked one of the ustaz.
Mahfud then revealed that he was asking for authority to handle political, legal and security issues. Mahfud then emphasized that he asked the vice president to monitor the performance of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.
“Spare tire? No. We have agreed, I have spoken with Mrs. Mega along with the general chairman of the political party. I don’t want to be a spare tire,” said Mahfud.
“I ask for access to participate in dealing with political, legal and security issues as vice president, right? He is the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs,” Mahfud answered in the discussion,” he continued.
Then Mahfud strengthened his answer by giving an example of the central role of the vice president in the era of 2nd President Soeharto. He emphasized that he had asked for clarity in the division of tasks.
“In the past, during Pak Harto’s time, the Vice President’s job was Coordinating Minister for Wasbang, Coordinating Minister for Development Supervision. That was the vice president who was given the task of leading development supervision. Pak Tri, Pak Wirahadi Kusuma, that was his job was to supervise development, that was a special task,” explained Mahfud.
“Well then there are symptoms that sometimes the vice president is just a spare tire, protocol. We’ve talked,” Mahfud emphasized again.
He said effective leadership is one that shares tasks, where the president remains the highest supervisor and policy maker. Mahfud said the vice president could take on the role of supreme coordinator.
“If we want to be effective, we divide the tasks. The President is still supervising, the President is the policy maker. But I coordinate, handle it directly and provide recommendations to the President, which are also directly conveyed to the public. So it won’t just be mere protocol. We fix it and this it has been discussed,” explained Mahfud.
He also revealed that Ganjar was happy with this task distribution system. He then imitated Ganjar’s response.
“Mr Ganjar has also said many times, ‘Wow, I would be very happy if there was a Vice President who would carry out special tasks in the fields of law, human rights and eradicating corruption’, right? I’ll do that later,” he concluded.
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2023-12-15 11:53:13
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