Criticism Of The United Indonesia Coalition, Fahri Hamzah: Chaotic, Like People Gathering At Ronda Post

Fahri Hamzah/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Gelora Party, Fahri Hamzah, criticized the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB), which was initiated by the Golkar Party, PAN and PPP. Fahri sees this coalition as an association of people at the patrol post.

This is because the parties in the United Indonesia Coalition have not yet issued a unified statement. One party said that KIB should not talk about the figures of the presidential candidate (candidate) and vice presidential candidate (cawapres), because it needs to first discuss the political party.

Meanwhile, another political party has appointed its general chairman (ketum) as a presidential candidate. So according to Fahri, this coalition is like gathering without any sense.

"It's messed up. Why is it messed up? Because there really isn't a system, that's what I said, sometimes the elite get together without using common sense, not using concepts, it's just like people gathering at the patrol station, that's not right," Fahri told reporters. , quoted Wednesday, June 8th. Fahri explained, what is meant by no system is because in the presidential system, there is no known formation of a coalition.

"The problem is this, in Indonesia there are no rules regarding coalitions, because our system is presidentialism. In that system there is no coalition, that's what you need to realize first, this is not parliamentary," explained Fahri.

"If there is a parliamentary coalition, the formation of the coalition is identical to the formation of the ruling majority in the parliament," he continued

In this presidential system, added Fahri, the people choose the president or in other words the president is in a coalition with the people. Meanwhile, the DPR is elected by the people as supervisors and in opposition to the executive, and there is no coalition. In fact, said Fahri, the political parties are not actually allowed to form a coalition in the presidential system. Because he said it was a conspiracy.

Including the people who elect members of the DPR, said Fahri, they should be in the opposition, not members of the DPR should support the government. Because the constitution says that the 1945 Constitution (UUD 45) is like that. "So I think our elites have a kind of lack of understanding of our system that there is no such thing as a coalition in this presidential system. Check all over the world, there is no coalition. That's the terminology in parliament, I'm confused," explained Fahri.