There Is Already A Wantimpres, JK Refuses To Be Revived Again By The Grand Advisory Council

The 10th and 12th Vice President (Vice President) Jusuf Kalla or JK. (doc Setkab)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) 10th and 12th Jusuf Kalla or JK assessed that the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) does not need to be revived because there is already a Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) as a replacement for the DPA.

"There is no need to feel it anymore, Wantimpres is enough. There are two times," said JK when met at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Thursday, May 16, was confiscated by Antara.

The DPA is one of the state institutions abolished in the fourth amendment to the 1945 Constitution (UUD).

The change shows that the existence of a council that has the task of giving advice and considerations to the President is still necessary, but its status is part of the rule of state under the President and is responsible to the President.

The existence of the new deliberative council is stated in the 1945 Constitution, the President forms a deliberative council tasked with providing advice and considerations to the President which is then regulated in the law.

Law Number 19 of 2006 regulates the existence of a deliberative council called the Wantimpres. However, the position of Wantimpres is not interpreted as a deliberative council that is equal to the President or other state institutions, such as the DPA in the period before the amendment to the 1945 Constitution.

Previously, the proposal of the Presidential Club to be formalized as a DPA was conveyed by the Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 7.

"I'm just saying that if we want to be formalized, we once had a DPA, but after the reform it was deleted, it was changed to the name Wantimpres. Yes, if you want it to be formalized, how about it, yes, it's okay, it depends on Prabowo, but it has to go through of course the fifth amendment (UUD 1945)," said Bamsoet.

He said that if the President-Elect Prabowo Subianto wanted the DPA to be revived, it would be filled by the former President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Yes, the former President and Vice President. So, it is accommodated in a formal form so that there is also a pride for former Presidents of the Republic of Indonesia as the Supreme Advisory Council," he said.