Junimart Girsang Says PDIP Rejects Amendment, Disagrees With President For 3 Periods

JAKARTA - PDI-Perjuangan politician Junimart Girsang admitted to rejecting the discourse of adding a three-term presidential term. The issue of 3 periods re-emerged following the discourse on the fifth amendment to the 1945 Constitution, including the function of the Main Principles of State Policy (PPHN).

"I firmly say, according to the direction of the party, there is no amendment from the PDIP regarding the three-term president. I firmly say that, there is no such thing," said PDIP politician Junimart Girsang in a Fixpoll survey release, quoted from CNN, Monday, August 23.

The term of office of the president, Junimart continued, has been explicitly regulated in Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution which states, "In fulfilling the position for five years and thereafter, the president can be re-elected in the same position, only for one term of office".

However, he also questioned the function of the Main Principles of State Policy (PPHN) which was considered to be able to hinder the elected President.

"With the PPHN later, it means that the government's work program has been scheduled. If for example, the PPHN has been implemented, when the government can't do it, then the MPR can summon the president. Isn't it disturbing for example?" He said.

The Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI emphasized that until now the PDIP had never directly discussed the amendment discourse. The party said he was still waiting for a clear purpose of the amendment.

"We from the PDIP said that regarding the amendment discourse, we are just waiting and seeing. What is the urgency, but throughout the 3 term [presidential issue], the party has never thought about it. ," he said.