Moeldoko Regarding Jokowi Asked To Be Presented At The Constitutional Court: Isn't It Too Much?

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko spoke about the discourse of presenting President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the trial of the dispute over the results of the 2024 presidential election related to the social assistance polemic (bansos). According to Moeldoko, the discourse is something excessive. "Yes, I think if the president is called, maybe what is the case in my opinion?" he said in Jakarta, Thursday, April 4. Moeldoko then traced the background of social assistance distribution. He explained, the policy is an instrument mandated by law in response to the current emergency situation. The emergency situation in question is the impact of El Nino's phenomenon on the prices of the basic needs of the community, one of which is the increasing rice commodity in the market. "If an area is hit by the situation is the President's assistance, is it very urgent. This is the situation yesterday," he said. Moeldoko said, the president had planned social assistance long before the series of presidential election activities rolled out because mitigation of El Nino's impact had long been taken into account by the Government. "So, this was not because of elections. Long before this has been discussed. It turned out that El Nino's impact was the price, in particular rice, increasing. Social assistance was carried out for rice assistance," he said. Moeldoko said, various parties who care about environmental issues often reminded the government of El Nino's impact on the planting and productivity of farmers. In addition, the influence of the geopolitical situation which also triggered an increase in the price of rice types of prices.' It can be seen from the policy. I think it is in carrying out the instrument, what law was wrong?" he said. Previously, Deputy of the National Winning Team Law (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud, Todung Mulya Lubis, said it would be ideal if President Jokowi was presented at the Constitutional Court (MK) to provide information. The Todung statement responds to media crew questions after a follow-up hearing on the results of the 2024 general election (PHPU) in the MK building, Jakarta, Wednesday (3/4/2024), related to whether or not President Jokowi provided information in the follow-up session of the case. "President Jokowi is the head of the government

The push to summon President Jokowi to attend the presidential election dispute hearing was also voiced by the Civil Society Coalition for Democracy and Anti-Corruption. The background of the push is to explore reports on the distribution of social assistance, the deployment of state civil servants (ASN) and the appointment of officials implementing regional heads to the neutrality of the apparatus.