Jokowi Should Immediately Announce 2024 Elections Held February 14th To Delay Issues

President Joko Widodo. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Political communication observer from Paramadina University, Hendri Satrio urges President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to immediately announce the date for the 2024 General Election which has been set on February 14, 2024.

The announcement of the election date, said Hendri, needs to be announced by Jokowi immediately so that the proposal to postpone the election made by a number of political elites can be suppressed.

"Mr. Jokowi should just say that the election will be held on February 14, 2024. That will at least immediately defuse these efforts," said Hendri in a virtual discussion, Sunday, March 6.

Regarding the issue of postponing the election which is currently rolling again, Jokowi has indeed opened his voice. Reported by Kompas.id, Jokowi admitted that he was submissive, obedient, and obedient to the constitution.

However, Jokowi has stated that the proposed postponement of the 2024 general election and the extension of the presidential term cannot be banned because it is part of democracy.

According to Hendri, Jokowi's current statement is even softer than his previous statement. When the issue of postponing the election began to be rolled out at the end of 2019, Jokowi emphasized that the proposal seemed to slap him in the face.

"Yesterday, there was nothing, saying about 'slapping me in the face'. When it comes to obeying the constitution, the constitutional affairs are also finished if everything is amended. The president's firmness has not been seen until now," said Hendri.

Hendri continued, if Jokowi had not yet taken a firm stand on the issue of postponing the election, he suggested that Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's official announcement of the schedule for the political contestation should be made.

"If Mr. President doesn't want to talk, then Mr. Vice President. This is while the stage is empty, he appears to the public to say that I don't agree with the postponement of the election and I support the KPU to hold the election on February 14, 2024. That's cool," he said.