Experts Worry There Are External Parties That Could Make Jokowi 3 Periods, Similar To The Sukarno And Soeharto Periods

President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. (Photo: Doc. Setkab)

JAKARTA - Constitutional Law Expert Refly Harun responded to the polemic about President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) 's three terms of office. According to him, there are two aspects, both internal and external, that affect the possibility that Jokowi will run again in the 2024 presidential election.

"From an internal perspective, it is possible that currently there is no desire from Jokowi to extend his term of office by more than two terms. However, what I worry about is that there are external parties who force President Jokowi to think that he is the right fit to become president again," he said. Refly in a discussion on the Trijaya Polemic entitled The Mystery of 2024 virtually, Saturday 20 March.

Refly gave an example, this external aspect had occurred during the Soekarno administration. At that time, there were parties who wanted Soekarno to be president for life.

"When Bung Karno, who had a clear constitution, said that the term of office was only five years and after that he could be re-elected, even though there was no limitation on the term of office, finally the politicians made Soekarno as president for life. So the MPRS appointed President Soekarno to be president for life," explained Refly.

"Try to imagine the constitution, it hasn't been changed but the behavior is like that," said Refly.

Then, during the President Soeharto era. Even though there was no limitation on the term of office, three factions in the MPR, including the factions that were not Golkar at that time, nominated Suharto as president with a single candidate at the time.

"So the character of people around power or people who say that power relations enjoy power today, or do not want to change the constellation of power today, always think that whoever is in office now is considered the best. the republic's regeneration, right, "explained Refly.