JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV – The 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) have received harsh criticism from the public when the government and the DPR agreed indirect elections or a regional head elected by the DPRD.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in the 1st National Conference of Social and Political Sciences held by CSIS Indonesia, Wednesday (14/10/2020).
At the event, Mahfud talked about the evaluation and history of the elections.
“At that time the attack from civil society was against the government SBY that’s incredible, “said Mahfud MD, quoted from Kompas.com.
“Pak SBY (considered by the public) is destroying democracy, all kinds of things. Pak SBY could not stand seeing the blows, it is said that he cried on the plane on the way, not strong,” he said.
For information, the rules regarding indirect regional elections in question are Law Number 22 of 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors which regulates that regional heads are elected by DPRD.
– .
