The Issue Of Puan Bartering The Position Of Vice President With The Postponement Of The 2024 Election, Observer: There Are Systematic Efforts To Goal Extension Of Position

Puan Maharani/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Director of the Indonesian Political, Legal and Policy Research Center (PRPHKI), Saiful Anam, assessed that the growing issue of the chairman of the DPR RI, Puan Maharani, who was offered the position of vice president to smooth out the postponement of the 2024 election, should not be underestimated. This is because the issue could be serious enough to get an extension of the president's term of office.

"Regarding the issue of bartering for Maruf Amin's position, it actually shows how serious and serious the issue of postponing elections and extending the term of office of the President is," said Saiful in Jakarta, Sunday, March 27. If the issue of bartering for the vice president's position is true, said Saiful, then this shows that there are parties who deliberately and seriously want the election to be postponed and extend public office.

According to him, this issue is also a sign of a systematic effort to justify all kinds of ways to achieve postponement of the election.

"It looks like what Puan Maharani has said, there is a systematic effort to justify all kinds of ways to achieve the postponement of the election and the extension of the term of office of the president and vice president," said Saiful.

Even so, Saiful admitted that he was not surprised because the people who talked about postponing the election were high-ranking political parties. Such as PKB General Chair (Ketum) Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin, and PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan alias Zulhas. Even Jokowi's closest minister, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan also inflamed the discourse. "So of course this is very serious, not hearsay and its validity, of course, must be accounted for," said Saiful.

Previously, the chairman of the DPR and the chairman of the PDIP DPP, Puan Maharani, spoke about the news that he had been offered to replace Maruf Amin as vice president in order to change the PDIP's stance regarding the discourse on postponing the 2024 election.

As the strongest party in parliament, PDIP is known to be a determinant of the discourse on postponing elections through amendments to the 1945 Constitution in the MPR. However, PDIP has expressed a position to reject the discourse. Even so, Puan admitted that she was surprised by the issue that she was offered to replace Ma'ruf because there were no rules that allowed the change of vice president through elections. there are no rules like that, so there are two periods, each period there are mechanisms and rules according to the law," he said in an interview with CNN Indonesia TV, Tuesday, March 23. Puan also asked to be informed if there is a way or mechanism that allows the vice president to be replaced without going through the election mechanism. However, Puan denies that she has ever been offered or lobbied to replace Ma'ruf in order to change PDIP's attitude regarding the discourse on postponing the election and extending the presidential term." Yes, no, until 2024, the vice president will still be Mr. Ma'ruf, just like that. No one has come," he said. Furthermore, Puan said that her party's stance had firmly rejected the discourse of postponing the election. He is committed to following the stages of the 2024 General Election that have been agreed upon by the DPR and the government.