JAKARTA - Chairman of the Syuro Council of the Ummat Party, Amien Rais, said that the 1945 Constitution amendment plan to accommodate the discourse on extending the presidential term of office for 3 terms has been discussed since 2019. Amien Rais also revealed the parties who discussed and raised the discourse. about the presidential term) has been discussed since 2019 by pro-Jokowi figures," said Amien Rais when delivering his speech on political tausyiah at the Virtual Tumpengan Ceremony of Legal Entity of the Ummat Party, Sunday, August 5. Then, continued Amien, the issue was deliberately they take it down to see the public's judgment. According to him, the party who threw the issue was also not the party he called a formal supporter. He also mentioned PDIP. “Suddenly this issue has gone down, as if it has gone quiet. Then after that, PDIP friends were appointed again, especially not official PDIP, non-formal supporters. There are individuals who get the task of testing on the water," said Amien.
Secretary General of the Central Executive Board (DPP) (Sekjen Projo), Handoko, emphasized that he did not support the discourse of extending the presidential term to 3 terms. Projo's attitude is in line with the attitude of President Joko Widodo who refuses and does not want to run again in the next election. "I've been talking about this since the end of 2019, and it hasn't changed, Projo doesn't support the idea," said Handoko when contacted by VOI, Monday, August 8. In fact, not many people have said that the idea is not good, in Projo's view it is not attractive, so we consistently do not support this idea," he continued. He also questioned the reasons for those who want Jokowi to run again as a presidential candidate for the third time. Jokowi has been talking back and forth, but he's surprised to be asked for 3 more terms," said Handoko. Handoko realized that amendments to the Constitution could be changed according to the times. However, regarding the presidential periodization, according to him, there is no urgency to change it. "If you want an amendment, you want a change in term of office, you want a period, you want the election to be postponed or moved forward, it could actually be because of the MPR (region). but there is a point that we have a history of 1997 elections, 1999 elections again why so there was something specific urgent, right at that time it was a crisis. Or there was an election in 1955 and there was another election in 1971 for example, there is something that Bung Karno himself knew during the period of rebellion of all kinds, now Where is this critical? What are the critical points so that we want 3 terms, an extension of the term of office, we can't find that reason," he explained. with the President," he continued. Handoko emphasized that the idea was a setback for democracy. According to him, 2 periods are models that have been agreed upon in the reform era. "This will set a bad precedent. Previously, we had experienced the president never changing. Then the elections began to get better, public participation was getting higher, right? It's a good point for strengthening democracy. Then later, we shouldn't do anything that doesn't strengthen it," said Handoko. "Why does Pak Jokowi have to have 3 terms? Pak Jokowi has repeatedly said he doesn't want to," he continued. Alluding to the question of the President of the 3rd period being prone to a coup like what happened in Guinea, Handoko agreed. Therefore, he invites all parties to no longer debate the term of office of the president for three terms. "So let's all components of the nation, the politicians, together on that line to strengthen democracy," he suggested.
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