Deputy Chairperson Of The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Said That The Discourse On State Policy Is Still Related To The Legal Umbrella

JAKARTA— In the Press Gathering of the MPR Leaders and the Parliamentary Journalists Coordinator, in Bandung, West Java, Saturday, October 23, Deputy Chairperson of the MPR RI Syarief Hasan said the current discourse regarding the state's policy was still related to the legal umbrella. Where will the state's direction be placed, is it included in the constitution or is it sufficient in the law.

"It's just that the current discourse in our country is to provide an umbrella from where the country is placed. That is the core of the problem now," Syarief said in his statement in Jakarta, Sunday, October 24 as quoted by Antara.

He explained, there are two views related to the legal umbrella for the direction of the state, first; enough with the law, and secondly; the legal umbrella is the MPR Decree.

"There is a view that, based on the experience that we have done and is still going on until now, national development is carried out only by law," he said.

However, he said, if the legal umbrella of the state's direction is included in the constitution, there will be many changes in the state administration.

According to him, this is becoming more interesting because Indonesia's constitutional system is final, where the president and vice president are directly elected by the people.

According to him, talking about the direction of the state and national development are two important things that are closely related, because Indonesia does need a concept on how to build the nation in the future.

He considered that to develop Indonesia in the future, what should be a shared commitment is the interests of the nation and state above all else.

"Party interests must be the umpteenth number, group interests are also the umpteenth number, let alone individual interests," he said.

Syarief assessed that without this commitment, it would be rather difficult to make a plan, especially if the planning was not binding so that it could become a problem.

He said that the state's direction is needed by the state and there will be more positives so that it is almost certain that all people agree with the state's direction for the Indonesian people.

"Because every citizen wants to understand what my country will be like in 10 years from now, what the next 25 years will be like, or what the next 100 years will be like," he said.

Besides Syarief Hasan, MPR leaders who were also present at the press gathering were MPR Deputy Chair Arsul Sani, MPR RI members Ledia Hanifa Amalia, Yanuar Prihatin, Farida Hidayati, and Siti Mufattahah.

In addition, the Secretary General of the MPR RI Ma'ruf Cahyono, Head of the Bureau of Public Relations and Information Systems Siti Fauziah, and attended as an invitation to Plt. Head of the Secretariat General of the DPR RI News Bureau Djoko Anggoro, Head of the Public Relations and Media Protocol Bureau, Secretariat General of the DPD RI. Mahyu Dharma.