DPR Approves Wantimpres To Be Changed To DPA, PDIP: Back To The 1945 Constitution Dong?

PDIP DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The DPR RI plenary meeting approved the revision of the Law (UU) on Amendments to Law Number 19 of 2006 concerning the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) to become the DPR's initiative bill. The regulation changed the nomenclature of Wantimpres to the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA). Responding to this, a member of the DPR from the PDIP faction, Djarot Saiful Hidayat, said that the change in Wantimpres to DPA meant returning to the 1945 Constitution. It is known, DPA is a high state institution that functions to provide input or consideration to the president. The DPA was formed based on Article 16 of the 1945 Constitution before it was amended. "Yes, we'll see later, it's been approved. It's just that if that's the case, we'll go back to the 1945 Constitution, right? We'll try to ask the experts on state level, with the existence of this DPA, the Grand Advisory Council. That's the same nuance as the one contained in the 1945 Constitution, especially since the position is equal, is that true?," said Djarot at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, July 11. "What kind of parallelity continues to share the process of filling people, the requirements are clear, how the process there is a prerequisite must have statesmanship properties," he continued. The member of the MPR Study Agency from the PDIP faction then revealed that until now there has been no discussion about amendments related to the DPA by his party. Especially the criteria that can become a DPA. "For statesmanship, it needs to be broken down like what, so let this be a constitutional law expert who can explain later. Because including this proposal, including a fast speed process, I was assigned to the MPR assessment body, I have never discussed amendments related to the existence of the DPA, which is in accordance with the original spirit and spirit of Indonesia 45, "said Djarot. However, the chairman of the PDIP DPP did not want to comment on speculation about the distribution of positions in the new government due to the change in the nomenclature. The reason is, the number of DPAs is not limited and is in accordance with the needs of the president.

"So that later on, all of our people will judge whether the division of positions, 34 ministries is up to 40, yes, filling in the Wantimpres, and later people will be able to judge and be dangerous," said Djarot. "If it's like that, it's really used to share positions and not be carried out in a system, this is very dangerous to threaten our democratic life in the future," he concluded.