Cak Imin's Response After Jokowi's Proposal To Postpone The Election Was Rejected: I'm Not Insistent, It's Also A Business

Muhaimin Iskandar with President Joko Widodo (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Muchlis Jr)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin finally responded to President Joko Widodo's affirmation that he refused to postpone the 2024 General Election. Imin in his speech at the 62nd PMII Harlah peak event with the theme 'Transformation of the Movement, Caring for Civilization' which took place on Monday, April 18, evening. "I'm not insistent, I'm just stating this is a suggestion. Moreover, the President has clearly stated his attitude (refuses to postpone the election, ed). It's also called a business," said Cak Imin as quoted on the PMIIOFFICIAL YouTube account which was viewed Tuesday, April 19. According to him, the proposal is reasonable in a democratic country. He said it was up to each party to accept or reject it. "It's called a proposal, is it okay to make a proposal? Is it true that a democratic country can't make proposals?," he said with a laugh. Furthermore, the PB PMII National Board of Trustees revealed that the proposed postponement of the election was solely to help Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. The reason, said Cak Imin, was that for two years Indonesia had been hit by a pandemic, the government could not do anything about it.

"My suggestion is to help Kiai Ma'ruf Amin, in order to help the people," he said. "Why help Kiai Ma'ruf? Because so that later in the afterlife, if you ask him this is not enough, that's not enough, the reason is because 2 years of the pandemic can't do anything," continued Cak Imin. pandemic so it's hard to make events. As a result, the state budget has been used up for handling the pandemic.

"The budget in the DPR has run out to take care of the pandemic, the IKN (National Capital City) has not been worked out at all because of our 2 years (pandemic)," said the Deputy Speaker of the DPR for People's Welfare (Kesra).

However, Cak Imin did not deny the many rejections in the proposed postponement of the election. According to him, this is normal in a democracy, so it doesn't need to be exaggerated, let alone a demonstration. "It's natural that if the name is rejected, it's also a proposal. Democracy is free of proposals, free to refuse. And proposals are accepted and rejected, there's no need for a demonstration, the name is also a proposal, why use a demo of proposals, anyway? What's more, the demo uses thumps like that," concluded Cak Imin. .