Establishment Of DPA Violates The Constitution

JAKARTA Constitutional law expert, Feri Amsari assessed that the amendment to the nomenclature of the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) to the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) contained in the draft revision of the Law on Wantimpres violates the constitution and is against the spirit of reform.

He explained that Chapter 4 of the 1945 Constitution, the results of the amendments, had removed the existence of the DPA as an efficiency and effectiveness measure for the purification of the presidential system implemented in Indonesia.

"In exchange, the president through the law is given the authority to form a Wantimpres under the power of the president or the section of the president's staff at the State Palace," he said, Sunday, July 14, 2024.

Feri revealed that the proposal to change the nomenclature of Wantimpres to DPA seemed odd. Moreover, this was done when it was nearing the end of President Joko Widodo's term of office. Therefore, the current growing allegation is that Jokowi wants a position as Chairman of the DPA after stepping down as president.

"Especially if you make changes that cause the DPA to no longer be under the authority of the president, but become an institution itself," he added.

He emphasized that the DPA proposal submitted by the DPR Baleg was not in accordance with the 1945 Constitution, and tended to violate and contradict the constitution. In addition, the existence of a DPA has the potential to endanger the next president because his power is no longer purification.

Jokowi's political steps at the end of his term are very contrary to the 1945 Constitution. Moreover, the DPA proposal makes the law collide with each other against the constitution," said Feri Amsari.