PPP Indeed Criticizes Discourse On Amendments To Postpone Elections But Said Achmad Baidowi, 'In Politics Everything Is Possible'

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JAKARTA - Secretary of the PPP faction of the DPR RI, Achmad Baidowi, assessed that constitutional amendments seemed forced if they were only carried out for the purpose of postponing the election. PP GMPI Webinar, in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 1. According to the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Young Generation Development Center (PP GMPI), who is familiarly called Awiek, all parties should have a sound political mind by obeying the constitution. it is against the logic of sanity of thought. I mean, yes, the logic of current sanity is that the existing constitution is adhered to," he said quoted from Antara. president and vice president that has been discussed recently. "Yes, once again this is politics, everything is optional and nothing is impossible in politics. Of course we (PPP) remain committed to maintaining the mandate of reform," he said. According to him, in the electoral history of the Indonesian people, there were actually several incidents similar to the discourse on postponing the election this time, such as the election being pushed forward, which happened in 1999 which should have been scheduled for 2002. Likewise, continued Awiek, in 1955, then during the New Order era the elections that should have been held in 1971 were shifted to 1972. "But we don't need to go back to the past, we look to the future, we have to look at the future of our democracy. , the implementation of democracy in Indonesia. So we hope that the constitution that has been mutually agreed upon is obeyed first," he said. Even if, according to Awiek, there are discourses on postponing the election, it must dismantle the current constitutional amendments. According to him, the debate over whether the election could be postponed or not was initially , because of the anxiety expressed by economists regarding the economic conditions impacted by the pandemic which was later also conveyed by Muhaimin Iskandar and Zulkifli Hasan. discussion, but at least from the aspect of economic recovery it is a challenge today," he said.

Factually, according to him, the current economic condition is indeed tough compared to the normal situation, but from an economic perspective, does it have to have an impact by delaying the election. This, he said, really needs to be studied together, especially since the 2024 elections are planned to cost Rp. 84 trillion.