Jokowi Accused Of Wanting To Be President For 3 Periods, Megawati: Those Who Talk Are What They Want

Megawati Soekarnoputri (DOK. IST)

JAKARTA - The Chairperson of the PDI-P, Megawati Soekarnoputri, answered that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wanted to increase his term of office. Megawati said that this issue was brought up by the party wishing to be in power for three terms in the future.

"These days Pak Jokowi is shaken with will, he said for three terms. Lha, the person who talks really wants to. One day, who knows he might want three terms, ”said Megawati during the launch of the book 'Caring for the Nature' which was broadcast on the PDI Perjuangan YouTube, Wednesday, March 24.

The 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia said that the rules regarding the term of office of the president were very clear, namely only two terms. "Is it the president who can immediately change decisions according to the constitution, right? No, no," he said.

Previously reported, the issue related to the addition of the presidential term was raised by the founder of the Ummat Party, Amien Rais.

Through his YouTube account, Amien Rais said that there was an attempt by the Jokowi government to control top state institutions and this was considered dangerous.

In addition, in the video, Amien also suspects that the Jokowi regime will push the MPR session to make changes to two articles. One of them is changing the term of office of the president.

"So they will take the first step asking the MPR Special Session, which may be one or two articles, he said, needs to be corrected. Which, I also don't know, but later a new article will be offered which then gives the right that the president can be elected three times," he said as quoted from the video uploaded on the Amien Rais Official account.

This polemic of issues led President Jokowi to speak. Through a video caption with a duration of less than five minutes, President Jokowi also spoke up. He emphasized that he has no intention of becoming a three-term president.

"What else should I say? Back and forth, my attitude has not changed. I emphasize that I have no intention. I have no intention of becoming president for three terms. The constitution mandates two terms. That is what we must protect together," said Jokowi. at the State Palace, Central Jakarta, Monday, March 15.

Jokowi said that in a situation of the COVID-19 pandemic all parties were asked not to increase the noise. Including, rolling out the issue of Jokowi wanting to increase his term of office as RI 1.

"Don't make any new noise. We are currently focusing on handling the pandemic," said Jokowi.