Golkar Responds To Issues Demanding Jokowi's Impeachment At Labor Demo May 21: No Urgency!

JAKARTA - The Labor Movement with the People (Gebrak) will again hold a large demonstration on May 21, 2022. The action which was held to coincide with the reform momentum was the culmination of a series of waves of demonstrations in various regions that were initiated on April 21. In response to the action plan, DPR member from the Golkar faction, Bambang Patijaya, asked a number of elements of society who will be holding demonstrations not to submit demands for impeachment against President Joko Widodo's government. Because, according to him, the impeachment demands against the government have no urgency.

"The urgency is in criticizing the implementation of democracy and economic, social, and political development. However, if later in the demonstration there are elements of society who make demands for the impeachment of President Jokowi, I don't think there is any urgency," Bambang told reporters, Wednesday, May 11.

The member of Commission VII DPR admitted that the public does have the right as citizens to express opinions and demonstrate which is guaranteed by the constitution. However, according to him, the idea or issue presented in the demonstration must be correct.

"The issue of postponing the election has been answered by setting the date for the presidential and legislative elections. Currently, there are no violations by President Jokowi that are against the constitution," said Bambang.

In addition, continued Bambang, the current economic condition has also grown positively. In the first quarter of 2022, he said, Indonesia's economy was significantly stretched as shown by the rise of the tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then, he added, the eradication of corruption is still going well by law enforcers. According to Bambang, law enforcement with a restorative justice approach carried out by the Police and the Attorney General's Office has helped and provided a sense of justice to the community.

"So, I don't think there is any urgency if there is a demonstration against President Jokowi's impeachment demands," concluded the legislator from the Bangka Belitung electoral district. It was previously known that the demonstrators during a demonstration in the month of Ramadan yesterday had unfurled a banner urging Jokowi to step down from the position of President of the Republic of Indonesia.

The banner also reads a vote of no confidence against the DPR and the Jokowi-Ma'ruf government.