Cak Imin Says Majority Of DPR Factions Will Reject Jakarta Governors Appointed By The President

Cawapres number 2 and General Chairperson of PKB Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin. (ANTARA-Budi Candra Setya)

JAKARTA - The General Chairperson of the PKB who is also the vice presidential candidate number 2, Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) stated that his party firmly rejected the rules regarding the Governor and Deputy Governor of Jakarta appointed by the President after the IKN transfer.

This rule is contained in the draft Law on Special Regions of Jakarta which is being discussed by the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI.

In fact, Cak Imin claimed that the majority of factions in the DPR RI also rejected the regulation.

"Indeed, there is a draft that wants the DKI Pilkada to be appointed by the central government, we (PKB) completely reject it. God willing, the majority of the factions will refuse," Cak Imin told reporters in Bireuen Regency, Aceh, Wednesday, December 6.

Cak Imin views that the new rules regarding the specificity of Jakarta are too forced, in the midst of the 2024 General Election and Regional Head Elections.

"We have to need it for good preparation so it's not like that," he said.

Moreover, according to Cak Imin, the absence of direct elections in Jakarta after leaving the status of the capital city will injure people's democratic rights.

"That's dangerous. If in a position that leads to better preparation for democracy, it must be given even better space," he added.

The Law on the Special Region of Jakarta Province (RUU DKJ) was officially approved as a proposal for the DPR RI initiative. One of the rules, namely Article 10, states that the Governor and Deputy Governor of DKJ are appointed, appointed, and dismissed by the President by taking into account the DPRD's proposal or opinion.

The decision was made in the 10th Plenary Meeting of the DPR RI Session Period II of the 2023-2024 Session Year at the Parliament Building, Senayan. The draft preparation of the DKJ Bill was previously discussed at the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI.

Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI Achmad Baidowi alias Awiek clarified that the DKJ Governor-Deputy Governors were elected by the President of the Republic of Indonesia to emphasize the particularity of Jakarta after its status was no longer the nation's capital.

"In particularity given, we agree that the most important priority is in the government system," said Awiek at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5.

Then, to bridge the political desire between those who want specialties to be directly appointed from this rule, the DPR added that the rules that the appointment and dismissal of the Governors of DKJ pay attention to the opinion of the DPRD.

The middle way, according to Awiek, remains based on the principles of democracy. Because the election, even though it is not direct, still goes through a mechanism from the DPRD.

"That's the democratic process there. So it's not completely the democratic process is gone. Because democracy doesn't have to mean direct elections. Indirect elections also mean democracy. So when the DPRD proposes, there the democratic process, so not everything just disappears," said Awiek.