Jokowi Denies Wanting To Be President For 3 Periods: I'm Not Interested, Don't Make A Upset

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo has reiterated that he has no intention of becoming president for three terms. This affirmation was conveyed by Jokowi in response to the issue of the plan to amend the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia to increase the term of office of the president.

"What else should I say? Back and forth, my attitude has not changed. I emphasize that I have no intention. I have no intention of becoming president for three terms. The constitution mandates two terms. That is what we must protect together," said Jokowi. at the State Palace, Central Jakarta, Monday, March 15.

Jokowi said that in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic all parties were asked not to increase the noise by rolling out the issue of Jokowi wanting to add to his term of office as RI 1.

"Don't make any new noise. We are currently focusing on handling the pandemic," said Jokowi.

Spokesperson for President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Fadjroel Rachman also said that President Jokowi has still adhered to the rules that state that the presidential term is limited to only two terms.

He said the President would also fully implement the term of office until 2024 and uphold Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution which reads: The President and Vice President hold office for five years, and after that they can be re-elected to the same position, only for one term.

"President Jokowi is perpendicular to the Pancasila ideology and the 1945 constitution, especially the two-term presidential term," said Fadjroel when contacted by VOI.

As previously reported, through his YouTube account, former MPR Chair Amien Rais revealed that the Jokowi administration had attempted to control high state institutions and this was considered dangerous.

In the video he uploaded, Amien also suspected that the Jokowi regime would push the MPR session to make changes to the two articles. One of them is changing the term of office of the president.

"So they will take the first step asking the MPR Special Session, which may be one or two articles, he said, needs to be corrected. Which, I also don't know, but later a new article will be offered which then gives the right that the president can be elected three times," he said as quoted. from the video uploaded on the Amien Rais Official account.

"If this is really their wish, then I think we can immediately say inalillahi wa inalillahirojiun," he added.