For Proponents Of Postponement Of Election Please See LSI Survey Results Denny JA: People Refuse Including Groups Satisfied With Jokowi

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) Denny JA released the results of their survey regarding public attitudes towards the issue of postponing the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) and the addition of the presidential term.

As a result, the majority of respondents rejected the issue of postponing the 2024 general election and the addition of presidential positions. LSI researcher Denny JA, Ardian Sopa even said the issue would wither before it developed.

"The majority of 2019 voters, the majority of people reject the issue of postponing the election and the issue of the president for three terms. This issue will wither before it develops, meaning it will not enter, for example, the amendment process to the 1945 Constitution because like it or not, whether we like it or not, postponing elections or adding periods must go through amendments. the 1945 Constitution," said Ardian Sopa when presenting the results of the online survey, Thursday, March 10.

Ardian detailed that the total number of respondents who rejected the postponement of the 2023 election was 68.5 percent. Meanwhile, those who opposed the issue of adding the presidential term to three terms reached 70.3 percent.

Furthermore, LSI Denny JA also said that 65.1 percent of respondents who expressed satisfaction with the performance of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also opposed the election discourse.

"Only 26.7 percent agreed," said Ardian.

Meanwhile, for respondents who are dissatisfied with Jokowi's performance, the percentage who oppose the postponement of the election is much larger, reaching 87.3 percent and only 6 percent agreeing.

"This means that the two discourses, namely the postponement of the 2024 election and the three-term presidential election, received quite strong resistance from the public. The resonance of the rejection of the two discourses was evenly distributed in almost all segments of the electorate," he explained.

With this condition, LSI Denny JA also believes that the issue of postponing the election and increasing the term of office will wither before it develops. There are at least four reasons underlying this belief.

First, there is no strong and urgent reason to change the mandate of reform and democratic principles that have become constitutional rules in the 1945 Constitution.

Second, the seats of political parties in parliament who say they reject the postponement of the election are also more than those who support it. Next, public opposition to the two issues was very strong.

Fourth, if this issue is continued, it is feared that it could lead to social unrest and its proponents are believed to be branded as enemies of the people and traitors.

The LSI Denny JA survey was held on 23 February-3 March and was attended by 1,200 respondents in 34 provinces in Indonesia. The method used is qualitative research and face-to-face interviews with a margin of error of 2.9 percent.