'The Term Children Are Now, That's Halu', This Man Insinuated Comments On The Intention Of The Ummat Party To Make Amien Rais President

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JAKARTA - The statement by the General Chairperson of the Ummat Party, Ridho Rahmadi, regarding the push to make Amien Rais president is called 'halu'. Director of the Indonesian Survey and Polling Institute (SPIN) Igor Dirgantara, believes the Ummat Party's dream will not come true. This is because Amien's electability did not come to the surface even though he had shined after the reformation.

"The term children now nominate Amien Rais for 2024 later is called halu. If we look at the electability and political vehicle factors, it is political parties," said Igor, Tuesday, December 28.

According to Igor, the name of the former PAN chairman has been immersed in the national political scene. Except in Muhammadiyah and the new political parties it founded.

Moreover, said Igor, the Ummat Party is a new party that has not been tested in the legislative elections. It is possible to nominate Amien if the presidential threshold is zero percent, but said Igor, the chairman of the Ummat Party Syuro Council must compete with other potential candidates.

"Amien Rais could be nominated as a presidential candidate in 2024, if the presidential nomination threshold changes to zero percent. That's the only opportunity in the midst of the current trend of political parties wanting to carry their own general chairman to compete in the 2024 presidential election," he concluded. Previously, the General Chair of the Ummat Party Ridho Rahmadi, criticized the 20 percent presidential nomination threshold, saying that this rule is random and makes no sense.

"The democratic system, especially for the presidential election, also seems chaotic, there is a high presidential threshold, 20 percent of the seats acquired or 25 percent of the accumulated national vote and if the party wants to nominate the president, it must be based on the 2019 election, it doesn't make sense," Ridho said in a video on Twitter. his instagram account, @ridhorahmadiofgicial, which was viewed on Monday, December 27th. The son-in-law of Amien Rais admitted that he had read the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the presidential threshold. He also questioned the vote base of 2019 voters used for 2024. "One of the decisions I have read at that time is that they claim that voters in 2019 are aware that their votes will be used in 2024. Anyone aware that their votes will become the basis for their candidacy? Nothing. No one is aware," said Ridho. Ridho said the Ummat Party would also submit a judicial review related to the zero percent presidential threshold rule as well as the basis for the presidential candidacy. "So, God willing, as our real contribution before 2024 in the context of a healthy democracy, we will propose a judicial review, God willing. Two clauses, the first clause is the presidential threshold so that it is 0 percent. " he explained. In fact, Ridho wondered why the Chairman of the Ummat Party Syuro Council, Amien Rais, would not be nominated as president. "If God allows, why don't we dream of Amien Rais becoming president?" he concluded.