DPR Is Considered To Have "Corrupted Legislation" After Discussing The Pilkada Bill In A Hurry

Illustration of the DPR plenary session (doc VOI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia Calling (IM) 57+ Institute assesses that the hasty steps taken by the DPR RI to discuss the Revision of the Pilkada Law (RUU) after the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) is a form of corruption. Legislators at Senayan seem to not want oligarchy work to be hampered.

"The action of the Indonesian House of Representatives which is in a hurry to discuss the Pilkada Bill after the Constitutional Court Decision Number 60/PUU-XXII/2024 is a form of legislation corruption'," said Chairman of the IM57+ Institute, M. Praswad Nugraha in a press statement, Thursday, August 22.

Praswad said that the Constitutional Court should be present to maintain that there is no law that is against the constitution. However, what happened was the opposite because the discussion was accelerated and even annulled the decision that had been knocked out.

"This action is very different when the Constitutional Court's decision benefits the interests of the existing authorities, for example with the alternative requirements for the nomination of the president's child," said the former KPK employee.

"This shows that the taste of the authorities is decisive so that the principles of legislation are no longer in accordance with democratic principles, causing "legitional corruption"," continued Praswad.

Furthermore, the attitude of council members in Senayan is also considered as a form of piracy of the value of reform. The value of democracy is now replaced with the desire of the oligarchs.

So, the people will not stand still with current conditions. This is one part of the series that has occurred in hijacking reform values so that the oligarchic order replaces the ideals of democratic reform. For this reason, the IM57+ Institute invites all elements to fight so that we will not lose the democratic community order," said Praswad.

Previously, the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI agreed on the Pilkada Bill in today's meeting. The bill was approved by eight of the nine factions in the DPR and only PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) refused.

During the meeting, the Legislative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ignored the interruptions from the PDIP several times. At the end of this discussion, the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the age limit for regional head candidates to the party threshold to nominate candidates was not followed.