JAKARTA - Remembering today, four years ago, January 10, 2022, the Minister of Investment, Bahlil Lahadalia, emphasized that Indonesian entrepreneurs wanted Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to be president until 2027. This condition is because entrepreneurs consider replacing the president will disrupt the economic recovery period due to COVID-19.
Previously, the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic further strengthened the discourse that Jokowi would lead for three periods. The discourse is increasingly strong because many political elites agree. However, rejection is everywhere.
The discourse on the three-term presidential post is not new. The discourse emerged in 2019. All because the government wants to make limited amendments to the 1945 Constitution (UUD). The amendment plan is considered by all Indonesians to be full of harm.
Political elites are seen trying to share to smooth the way for a three-term presidency. There is also a discourse that the President of Indonesia will be elected by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). President Jokowi also dismissed the issue that the leader of the country could serve three terms.
Jokowi also did not make amendments to the 1945 Constitution. Jokowi's action had made the discourse on the three-term state leader's position subside. However, the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. The lives of Indonesian people fell to the lowest level. Indonesia's economy was severely damaged.
The difficult situation while reviving the discourse of the head of state serving three terms. The difference is that the new discourse is more specific: Jokowi three terms. The desire for Jokowi to serve three terms comes from the political elite.
The narrative emerged because Indonesia's condition was not good. Jokowi is considered to need to serve longer in the name of recovering the national economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not to mention if the 2024 presidential election is held, the cost incurred by the country is very high.
A fee that is considered to help the people in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Later, Jokowi again appeared and dismissed the issue. Jokowi considers that he has no desire to serve three terms.
"In the expression of satire, President Jokowi considers people who come up with the idea of three periods, want to find a face, want to find my face and want to drag me down. So, if the subject itself doesn't want it, I think it's very bad that our constitution is played with only the interests of people per person. "
"We have never discussed the president being elected by the MPR, this attitude of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is a limited amendment, which means it does not want to spread everywhere, only adding one verse in Article 3 of the 1945 Constitution, namely the MPR is given the authority to determine the direction and direction of national development," said Chairman of the DPP PDIP, Ahmad Basarah as quoted by the Media Indonesia website, June 26, 2021.
The issue of Jokowi three terms has never really disappeared. The narrative continues to be voiced by political elites. Later, a slightly different narrative emerged. The Minister of Investment, Bahlil, revealed that Indonesian businesspeople actually want Jokowi to be the President of Indonesia until 2027 on January 10, 2022.
Something that entrepreneurs consider as a surefire solution to economic recovery. Bahlil also explained that the business community also wants a real presidential election to take place in 2024, so it is postponed to 2027 only.
The demand is slightly different from those who voiced Jokowi three terms. However, in spirit it is almost the same, namely so that Jokowi can serve as President of Indonesia for longer.
"If we check the business world, on average they think about the process of democracy in the context of leadership transition, if there is indeed room to consider a process to be postponed, it is much better."
"Whether it's a matter of solving the pandemic, economic recovery or choosing new leadership through elections. We work day and night in this cabinet and in detail. The President does not give orders to continue to release. He checks how far it is, what the problem is and what the target is?" said Bahlil Lahadalia as quoted by tempo.co, January 10, 2022.
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