Bahlil Claims That Gerindra Politicians Ask For A List Of Entrepreneurs Who Want The 2024 Presidential Election To Withdraw

JAKARTA - The Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM, Bahlil Lahadalia, was asked to reveal the names of entrepreneurs who want the 2024 presidential election to be postponed.

This was conveyed by Gerindra Party politician, Kamrussamad. He considered that Bahlil's statement only wanted to get attention, alias caper to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"The phenomenon of ministers preparing a 'float' for the second presidential term at the end of the presidential term, is usually looking for an 'exit strategy' so that it can be saved again in the next government if the regime changes," Kamrussamad told reporters, Wednesday, January 12.

According to Kamrussamad, during the pandemic the business world has been granted waivers by the government. He also mentioned the Constitutional Court's decision on the Job Creation Act or Ciptaker.

"The Ministry of Investment and the Head of BKPM are products derived from the Job Creation Law which has been declared 'conditionally unconstitutional'. Perhaps the impact of the Constitutional Court's decision makes investors 'wait & see' to realize their investment, then Minister Bahlil seeks new attention from President Jokowi. Talking on behalf of entrepreneurs , "explained Kamrussamad. Kamrussamad then asked for a list of the names of businessmen who Bahlil claimed wanted the 2024 presidential election to be postponed.

"We ask for a list of the names of entrepreneurs who ask for the 2024 election to be postponed, so that their contribution to development can be examined through the history of paying taxes," he said. Fatigue and Electoral Dynamics Ahead of the 2024 General Election conducted by Indonesian Political Indicators.

Based on discussions conducted with business actors, Bahlil revealed that the reason why entrepreneurs wanted the 2024 presidential election to be postponed was to encourage the national economy, which is currently recovering.

"If we check the business world, on average, they think how the democratic process in the context of leadership transition is, if there is room for consideration, the process for being pushed back is much better," said Bahlil in the agenda for the findings of the Political Indicators survey, quoted Monday, January 10. To It is known, the Indonesian Political Indicators survey noted that 31 percent of the public agreed if President Jokowi's term of office was increased until 2027. However, as many as 32.9 percent of respondents did not agree and 25.1 percent did not agree at all with the extension of the president's term of office until 2027.

The people who agree hope that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national economic recovery can be completed completely.

Bahlil stated that this was in line with several discussions he had with the business world. He said the business community thought that it would be burdensome if the business world had to face political problems in the near future. In fact, according to him, the Indonesian people need to decide which issues are their priority.

"Is it a matter of resolving the pandemic, economic recovery or choosing a new leadership through elections," he said.

According to Bahlil, all countries in the world are facing the same two major problems, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.