Ribut Jokowi 3 Periods, Observer: 2024 Contest Soon, Amien Rais Does Not Want To Miss The Train

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - Political observer Iman Saleh assessed that Amien Rais' attitude that accused a group of interests of wanting to amend the 1945 Constitution to smooth President Joko Widodo's steps for three terms was only looking for a stage.

"Now he is making a fuss over the term of office of the president, yet during his time as Chairman of the MPR the amendments were made," said Imam in a statement received on Friday, March 19.

According to him, the founder of the Ummat Party did not want to miss the train at the age of more than 70 years. Amien, he said, was acting like this because the political generation at his age had already stepped off the stage, while he had yet to get anything.

"When the 2024 contestation is imminent, he does not want to be left behind as a reformist figure," said Imam.

It is known, Amien Rais raised the issue of extending the presidential term of 3 for this period. The former chairman of the MPR suspects that there will be a scenario to change the provisions in the 1945 Constitution regarding the term of office of the president from two terms to three terms.

According to Amien, the plan to amend these provisions will be carried out by holding a Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to amend or amend the 1945 Constitution.

Amien claimed to have received political signals related to the scenario that is being carried out by a number of parties to do this. One of them is through political maneuvers currently carried out by the government by securing all state institutions, starting from the DPR, MPR, DPD, and other state institutions.

"So now there is a kind of public opinion, which at first was vague but now it is increasingly clear which direction Jokowi's regime is going. So they will take the first step to ask for a special session of the MPR, which may be one or two articles which he said need to be corrected, which I also need. I don't know, but later it will be offered and then give the president the right to be elected three times, now if this is really their wish, "said Amien via YouTube Channel Amien Rais Official which was uploaded at 20.00 WIB, Saturday, March 13.