Strictly Postponing Elections, Musni Umar: Did Golkar Not Learn From The Old Order And The New Order?

The Chancellor of the University of Ibn Chaldun Musni Umar. (Twitter/ @musniumar)

JAKARTA - The Chancellor of Ibn Chaldun University, Musni Umar, also commented on the discourse on the postponement of the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) which the Golkar Party continues to echo. According to him, Golkar must learn from past history.

Musni said that those who continue to raise the idea of postponing the election look to the past when the constitution of the democratic party was violated.

"The proposal against the constitution should be made by Golkar if there are people who want to postpone the election. Has Golkar not learned from the history of the Old Order and the New Order," he said on his Twitter account, @musniumar, quoted Friday, March 11.

Previously, a member of the Advisory Council of Needdem, Titi Anggraini, said that the discourse of postponing the 2024 General Election was a violation of the principle of people's sovereignty. According to Titi, people's sovereignty is one of the principles on which the constitution was formed. So, he said, the violation of this principle also violates the state constitution of the 1945 Constitution.

"We have practiced the principle of people's sovereignty through holding free and fair elections," Titi said in a virtual discussion.

Furthermore, Titi said that the postponement of the 2024 election was an attempt to bypass the constitution. As for violating Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution, Article 6A of the 1945 Constitution, and Article 22E of the 1945 Constitution.

Titi emphasized that the constitution could indeed be replaced by making amendments. However, the spirit of democratic constitutionalism is a state commitment to a democratic society.

“In Article 22E paragraph 1, it is stated that general elections are held in an honest and transparent manner (direct, general, free, secret, honest and fair) every 5 years. The obligation to hold elections on a regular basis is clearly violated by this narrative of postponing elections," he said.