Questioned At The UN ICCPR Session, Cawe-cawe Jokowi Becomes The Black Node Of Democracy

JAKARTA The UN International Covant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) session also highlighted the implementation of the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) in Indonesia, especially regarding President Joko Widodo's neutrality.

In a hearing that took place to discuss the latest human rights issues in a number of countries, in Geneva Switzerland, March 12, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, Bacre Waly Ndiaye questioned Jokowi's neutrality in Gibran Rakabuming Raka's candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.

Ndiaye questioned the guarantee of political rights for Indonesian citizens (WNI) in the 2024 General Election. He even mentioned the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which passed Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a participant in the 2024 presidential election. Because the rules for the age requirements for the presidential election participants were changed by the Constitutional Court.

The campaign was held after a final-minute verdict that changed the nomination terms, allowing the president's son to participate in nominations, Ndiaye said in a hearing broadcast on the UN Web TV page.

He also questioned what steps should be taken so that state officials are not involved or joked at the once-in-a-five-year democratic party in Indonesia. "What steps are taken to ensure state officials, including the president, cannot have an excessive influence on elections," he said.

In response to this, the Executive Director of the Democratic Research and Analysis Corner, Fadhli Harahab stated that the international spotlight on the implementation of the 2024 General Election shows that democracy in Indonesia is not doing well.

"These (presidential jokes) tarnish and place black spots on the journey of Indonesian democracy in the eyes of the international community," he said, Sunday, March 17, 2024.

According to him, the spotlight from the international community seems to prove that Indonesia's democracy in the era of Jokowi's leadership is at its lowest point, especially after the decision of the Constitutional Court which passed Gibran as a vice presidential candidate.

"You could say Jokowi has shown the world that Indonesia's democracy, which was previously considered good, is now falling. Maybe that's why our delegation at the trial also couldn't answer Ndiaye's question," said Fadhli.