North Sulawesi Senator Questions The Agenda For Changes Initiated By Yorrys Raweyai For DPD RI

Illustration. The DPD RI Plenary Meeting on Thursday 18 August 2022 night. (ANTARA-Imam Budilaksono)

JAKARTA - Member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) from North Sulawesi (Sulut), Djafar Alkatiri, questioned the agenda for changes initiated by Yorrys Raweyai and his supporters for the DPD RI in the future.

If the content is political, Djafar asks Yorry's Cs to stop thuggery styles so as not to cause a commotion that could damage the image of the DPD RI.

"A number of DPD members who support Yorrys claim to be 'The DPD Pro Change Group'. The question is, what do you want to change? Entering thuggery styles in smoothing out the political agenda in the DPD?" said Djafar to reporters, Monday, July 29.

According to Djafar, Yorrys' political maneuvers at the DPD actually opened public memory of the noise that the former Golkar Party politician had made in the DPR in 2015. At that time, said Djafar, Yorrys showed his thuggery style in an effort to control the Golkar Faction Secretariat in the DPR.

"He forced his way in, damaging the door of the Golkar Party faction in the DPR, to exercise control. Is this the way that Yorrys is referring to as the agenda for changes in the DPD in the future," quipped the former member of the North Sulawesi Provincial DPRD.

Just like the chaos during the Plenary Session of the DPD on Friday, July 12, continued Djafar, Yorrys was also one of the actors. He regretted that the senator from Papua actually made the situation worse by slandering the leadership of the DPD RI as an authoritarian and dictator.

In fact, said Djafar, the DPD Plenary Session only decided the Panita Drafting Law (PPUU) to harmonize the material for the Tatib. The decision is a collaboration between all leaders and members of the DPD in resolving the problem.

"Yorrys' statement that positioning DPD institutions such as individuals or leaders, is very misleading. We know that leadership in DPD is collegial and collaborative collective, involving four leaders and all members," he said.

Djafar invited Yorrys and a number of his supporters to run for the leadership of the DPD RI for the period 2024-2029. However, Djafar requested that the Chairman of Committee II of the DPD also comply with the laws and regulations, adhere to the ethics and mechanisms of institutional organizations.

"In the Order, there is an article that states that candidates for leaders must be people who have never received sanctions from the Honorary Board (BK) of the DPD. Articles are a problem, because some have received ethical sanctions from the BK, but still want to run," he explained.

Djafar assessed that the presence of this article in the DPD Order was normal and normal. In fact, according to him, the article is good for maintaining the dignity and credibility of the institution in the eyes of the public.

"Itu juga bukan aturan baru, sudah ada sebelumnya. Kalau sekarang dipertanyakan, seluruh anggota DPD dan publik bisa memahami, bahkan mengsangka adanya upaya infiltrasi kepentingan di lembaga DPD," kata Djafar.

Previously, the Chairman of Committee II DPD RI, Yorrys Raweyai stated that the riots at the DPD Plenary Session, at Nusantara IV Building, Parliament Complex, Jum'at, July 12, then occurred due to the leadership styles of La Nyalla Mattalitti and Nono Sampono. According to Yorrys, the two DPD leaders have provided examples of authoritarian and exclusive leaders.

"This is the response of the majority of DPD members, who can no longer be dammed. Disappointment after disappointment due to authoritarian leadership and closed by Pak La Nyalla and Pak Nono has been accumulated for a long time, leading to a peaked resistance," said Yorrys at a press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday, July 16.

The Papuan electoral district senator added that from the start all DPD members had high hopes for the leadership of the DPD to bring changes to the DPD institutions in a better direction. However, according to Yorrys, changes have not materialized, even the DPD is managed with its own perception, closed, and intimidating.

"Pak La Nyalla and Pak Nono have positioned the DPD institutions as belonging to themselves, where the voices and aspirations are critical and different from the members tend to be ignored. The peak of the unrest of the DPD members was poured out on the Plenary Session of the DPD yesterday," he said.