Shouts Ask Jokowi To Resign After His Minister Suspected PCR Business, Ferdinand To The Ummat Party: Passed Verification First!

General Chairman of the Ummat Party Ridho Rahmadi (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The General Chair of the Ummat Party DPP Ridho Rahmadi asked President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to consider the option of resigning after the name of the minister suspected of being affiliated with the COVID-19 test business, both PCR and Antigen.

Ridho said this was an iceberg phenomenon that lasted for 7 years during the Jokowi administration. The PCR or Antigen business is only one of many cases due to mismanagement of the government.

"Our democracy has suffered a major setback. The case of the PCR test kit is only one of many cases as evidence of the mismanagement and decline of our democracy," said Ridhodi of the Ummat Party DPP, Tebet, South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 3.

The option to resign, which was suggested by the Ummat Party to Jokowi, was immediately grabbed by social media activist, Ferdinand Hutahaean. Through a tweet on his Twitter account, @FerdinandHaean3, he asked Ridho to focus on managing the party.

"Before shouting the mandar back, it's better to take care of the party first so that it passes the verification," Ferdinand tweeted.

"Show your party has a new cadre shouting," he added.

In addition to highlighting the issue of PCR and Antigen, this criticism of the party created by Amien Rais targets the decline of democracy in Indonesia. Marked by the threat of honest and fair elections, silenced freedom of assembly and expression, the killing of the KPK and civilian positions held by the TNI-Polri.

To support this statement, Ridho claimed that the data was quoted from studies and research from a number of domestic and foreign institutions.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report, for example, shows that Indonesia's democracy index score declined in the era of President Joko Widodo's administration. Indonesia's democracy index score reached 6.3 in 2020, the lowest in a decade. In Southeast Asia, said Ridho, Indonesia ranks fourth behind Malaysia, Timor Leste and the Philippines.