Asking To Open Big Data, PKB: If Luhut Is Kind, Please Share The Data For Reference

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (Photo: Layat Capture)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the PKB, Jazilul Fawaid, asked Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan to disclose big data that he claims is related to the aspirations of the people who want a postponement of the election.

"If Mr. Luhut is kind, please share the data with us. So that we can also use the data as a reference," said Jazilul, Wednesday, March 16. So far, Jazilul continued, the proposed postponement of the election is still at the stage of internal discussion at PKB. Because it is only a discourse, he said, it is appropriate to discuss it together because the parties have not yet had a single vote.

"To this day, there are still parties that go back and forth. This is still at the discourse stage, not yet at the decision-making forum. Often parties continue to discuss the law, but at the decision-making stage they don't agree," he said. The Deputy Chairperson of the MPR emphasized that the discourse on postponing the election could run if the Indonesian people wanted it. If later there must be an amendment to the 1945 Constitution, it is also necessary to discuss which articles must be changed. As well as consideration of the parties that reject and agree.

"The DPR, the MPR are a reflection of the people's will. If this discourse gets strong popular support, then it is sufficient reason for the MPR to carry out the amendments," he explained.

"But for PKB, this is only at the basic stage. If it is supported by the people. If not, then stop. When will the election be postponed, it will still be two years. Public discussion can still change," added Jazilul, emphasizing.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan refused to disclose big data which he claimed to support the postponement of the 2024 General Election. Luhut emphasized that the data he submitted was original data. The Golkar politician reminded that technology is now sophisticated so that it is possible to read people's preferences.

"Yes, it's definitely a lie? Yes, no, why open it?," said Luhut at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 15.

Luhut claims that big data captures public unrest about elections. According to him, the public does not agree with the expensive elections during the pandemic.

He also claimed that the public was not ready to face political polarization. He said the public wanted peace at this time.

"As for me, I only saw below, I already said that, why are the people asking, what I caught is yes, I may be right, I may or may not be right," he said.