Angin Pemak Impeachan Gibran Berhempuh Sejak Februari

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JAKARTA - The position of Vice President held by Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is none other than the eldest son of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, continues to reap polemics. Starting from Jokowi's jokes at the end of his term of office to the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which stated that Gibran could run for vice president on the basis of experience as regional head even though he was not yet 40 years old.

The Constitutional Court's decision was considered legally flawed and declared to have violated the code of ethics by the Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK), which sentenced Anwar Usman to dismissal from the position of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. Some circles, especially from the opposition camp and civil society groups, began calling for the impeachment or dismissal of Gibran from his position as vice president.

One of them is by the Retired Forum of TNI Soldiers. They made 8 demands as statements of attitude towards the current conditions, including requests for Gibran's dismissal as deputy head of state.

This impeachment claim is in the final order in the contents of the statement which reads "Proposing a replacement of the Vice President to the MPR because the Constitutional Court's decision on Article 169 Letter Q of the Election Law has violated the Constitutional Court's procedural Law and the Law on Judicial Power".

The statement letter was signed by 103 generals, 73 laksana, 65 marketing, and 91 colonels. In the TNI Retired Forum there was the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Era Suharto in 1993-1998, Try Sutrisno and the former Minister of Religion, Fachrul Razi who also signed it.

The Issue Of The Impeachment Of Gibran Closing Satisfaction With The Performance Of The Prabowo Government

In the midst of the nation's efforts to organize the transition to government, the public is again treated to a political drama with the issue of impeachment of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka. This impeachment issue is considered to cover public satisfaction with government performance under the leadership of President Prabowo Subianto.

"So actually, back to the government's performance assessment, which was more than 80 percent assessed by the public, it was read by the public, which in this case was media literacy. So, the low number (of people's voices) came in to give input to the government. So, the closure was 80 percent so that the public heard the whole vote," said General Retired AM Hendropriyono in Rhenald Kasali's Youtube broadcast on May 4, 2025.

The former Head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) also revealed that the impeachment statement submitted by the TNI Retired Forum was nothing new. Instead, it was made in February 2025.

Thus, the statement that reappeared and was signed on April 17, 2025, was called a hoax by Hendropriyono. In fact, if Prof. Rhenald reads again, it will be February 17th. If an event is replayed and does not match context and time, the name is a hoax," said Hendro.

Tempo hari, Prof. Rhenald asked me the difference between the simulakra and the hoaxes. Simulakra, goods don't exist but are made up, after all, people believe. Here are the goods there, only the time doesn't match, this is called a hoax. (The push for the impeachment of the Vice President Gibran) before February, the authenticity is no longer relevant," he continued.

Gibran's impeachment Will Be Difficult

The former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Human Rights (Menko Polhukam), Mahfud MD also responded to the issue of the call for the impeachment of Vice President Gibran. As an academic in the field of law, impeachment can be carried out from the legal side of state administration.

However, from a political point of view, the opportunity for the proposed dismissal of the deputy leader of the country will be difficult. Mahfud explained that in the state administration, the head of state and his deputy could be dismissed if they took five actions and had a criminal element.

"Gibran's impeachment will be politically difficult, but in terms of constitutional knowledge it can be done. The state science has regulated that the president and vice president have done five things or just happened, corruption, bribery, betrayal, serious crimes, and disgraceful acts can be impeached. But that's the theory, in practice, it's difficult, "he said.

But from a political point of view, he considered it would be difficult to do this. The reason is, many parties are in coalition with President Prabowo so that impeachment is considered impossible to run smoothly.

"In terms of politics, because Pak Prabowo's coalition is huge, it's already 81. So legally it's possible, politically it can't be done. In practice, the dismissal of the president never follows the rules, does not follow the constitution," said Mahfud.

In addition, the flow for the submission of the dismissal of the country's leaders is very long in process. Most importantly, the votes or voting for the approval of the impeachment must be as much as two-thirds of the total members of parliament in the DPR RI.

"To impeach the president and vice president, it must be decided first by the Plenary Session of the DPR which was attended at least two-thirds of the members. Two-thirds of those present must agree because this is committing a disgraceful act. Imagine politically, what are the two-thirds? If from 575 (the total members of the council) of the two-thirds, it must be 380 members of the DPR (who attend). If it doesn't arrive, then it can't be, "explained Mahfud.

"If the two-thirds agree, then they will be brought to the Constitutional Court asking for a confirmation decision that this is guilty. Return it again to the DPR, on trial again whether this will be brought to the MPR or not. After the MPR is held a trial, two-thirds must attend and agree, this is impossible," he continued.

Vice President Now That's A Serep Tire

Rocky Gerung, a political observer who was branded scathing with his criticism of the government, also commented on the call for the impeachment of the eldest son of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. He explained that the task of a deputy head of state was as an assistant to the president under certain conditions. In fact, the vice president was labeled Rocky Gerung as a absorption tire. He stressed that the vice president's position should not take policies ahead of his leader.

The president carried out all his duties to educate the nation's life, resulting in prosperity as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the vice president helped the president. The vice president cannot take policies. The vice president is preparing if the policies taken by the president are hindered by technical issues or unexpected events. The vice president is indeed waiting for orders from the president," he said.

"If Mr. Gibran knows that his job is only to wait for orders from the president, then he shouldn't take the initiative, that's the basis. So indeed the tires are absorbed, from the start the tires are absorbed," continued Rocky.

Rocky also said that the current vice president is often looking for sensations with his policy breakthroughs. For example, Report to the Vice President. In fact, as the vice president of the country should help propose ideas to the president. He was also not surprised that theII relationship between Prabowo and Gibran began to stretch. So it is starting to be read that there is distance, there is starting to be psychological distance. And that distance must have occurred because of differences in character, differences in knowledge, mental differences, differences in attitude between the president and vice president," he said.