PKS President Asks Political Party Chiefs And Jokowi To Firmly Express Rejection Of Postponed 2024 Elections

President Jokowi (Photo: BPMI Setpres)

JAKARTA - PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu asked the political elite to immediately stop the discourse of postponing the 2024 general election and presidential-vice presidential election.

Ahmad Syaikhu said that the discourse on postponing the election was not properly conveyed by political parties as the main guardians of democracy and the constitution.

"PKS invites our friends, namely the leaders of political parties, to jointly stop the discourse of postponing the general election and the election of President-Vice President in 2024," Syaikhu said in a statement seen on the party's website, Friday, March 18.

Syaikhu also asked President Joko Widodo to reject the proposed postponement of the 2024 General Election and Presidential-Vice-Presidential Election. PKS believes that succession and regeneration of the nation's leadership in accordance with the constitution and democratic values is the best way for the benefit of the Indonesian nation.

"And on the other hand, all efforts that cross the boundaries of the constitution and democracy will lead the Indonesian people to a dangerous path," he said.

Syaikhu also called on all elements of the nation, political parties, community organizations, civil society activists, students, the academic community, journalists, business actors, national and religious leaders to jointly maintain the spirit of reform to always obey and obey the constitutional rules and maintain the spirit of reform. wheels of government to keep running in the corridors of democracy.

"The 2024 elections must continue to keep our democracy healthy by realizing leadership regeneration. Like it or not, we all have to be involved in the political process, at least choosing the best people in the elections to become our people's representatives and leaders. Politics is not everything "Everything, but in fact the scarcity of cooking oil, the prices of basic necessities and others are determined by political decisions," he said.