Regarding The Discourse Of The President For Three Periods, Jokowi Affirms Obeying The Constitution

President Jokowi (doc. BMI Setpres)

MAGELANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that he adhered to the constitution which stipulates the term of office of heads of state for a maximum of two terms.

President Jokowi's statement responded to the clamor of the public who shouted for his three periods of leadership when the head of state headed to Baledono Market in Purworejo Regency, to Pasar Rakyat in Magelang Regency, Central Java from Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA).

"I've often heard the name of the people's wishes, and I've often heard that kind of shouting. But what is clear, our constitution is clear. We must obey, we must obey the constitution, yes," said President Jokowi after visiting the Borobudur Temple in Magelang Regency, Central Java, Wednesday, March 30, quoted from Antara.

The discourse on extending the President's term of office has warmed up again. This discourse emerged recently in the National Gathering (Silatnas) of the All-Indonesian Village Government Association (Apdesi) on Tuesday (29/3) yesterday. In the Apdesi Silatnas, President Jokowi was also present.

Chairman of Apdesi Surta Wijaya said on Tuesday that his party would make a declaration of support for President Jokowi to serve three terms after the upcoming 2022 Eid al-Fitr.

"After Eid, we declare (extension of President Jokowi's term of office to 3 terms)," said Surta at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 29.

Surta assessed that President Jokowi has given full attention to village heads so far.

"He cares about us. That's our hope, who knows in the future everything will be better. Friends agreed earlier, 3 periods, continue," he said.

In recent times, there has also been a discourse on the postponement of the 2024 Simultaneous General Election (Pemilu) which was echoed by several general chairmen of political parties. One of the party leaders who brought the discourse of postponing the 2024 general election was the General Chair of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar.

Muhaimin, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the DPR, proposed that the 2024 General Election be postponed after admitting that he had heard input from entrepreneurs, owners of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and economic analysts.

"From all these (inputs) I propose that the 2024 election be postponed for one or two years," said Muhaimin.

According to Muhaimin, the proposal came about because he didn't want the Indonesian economy to freeze after two years of stagnation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Muhaimin is also concerned that the 2024 election will cause economic uncertainty, and is considered to have the potential to cause conflict. However, Muhaimin said the postponement of the 2024 election was only a proposal.

"Of course I can only propose and it will be determined and discussed by the general chairman. Of course the decision will be made by the President (Jokowi)," he said.