LaNyalla Mattalitti Affirms It Needs Total Improvement Of State Systems

LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti emphasized the importance of changing the state system. (Ist Photo)

JAKARTA - Facing the current situation in Indonesia, the Chairman of the DPD RI AA LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti offered to improve the total state system by returning to the design formulated by the nation's founders. According to LaNyalla, only that system guarantees the achievement of people's welfare and sovereignty.

This was conveyed by LaNyalla who was accompanied by the Special Staff of the Chairman of the DPD RI Sefdin Syaifudin and the Head of the Setpim DPD RI Sanherif Hutagaol, when they met the management of the State Defense Movement (GBN), in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 21.

Present were the General Chairperson of the National Defense Movement, Brigadier General TNI (Ret.) Hidayat Purnomo, Chairman of the GBN Advisory, General TNI (Ret.) Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo and Member of the GBN Trustees, Marsda TNI (Ret.) Amirullah Amin.

"It's time for us to return to the state system and the economic system formulated and agreed upon by the founding fathers of the nation," he said.

LaNyalla explained, the Constitution of the results of the 1999-2002 Amendment which is currently being used is unable to answer the nation's problems. What happened actually resulted in the strength of the negative sum game to political parties in a coalition with the government.

"The direct selection of the President and Regional Heads actually drains the state's costs, damages social cohesion and causes polarization," he said.

"Not to mention the question of the quality of the election because there is a distortion of the election with voter data that is suspected to be invalid, the findings of fictitious and double DPT," he added.

The fact is that the system that is implemented also increases the economic gap and strengthens the grip of the economic oligarchy to control and take power hostage. What happens then is injustice that goes beyond the limit and becomes the cause of structural poverty.

"The condition of the people is very far from prosperous. Even though the right to welfare is part of human rights where the state must be able to make it happen," he said.

The state budget is always minus and must be closed with very high-interesting debt. In 2022, Indonesia's debt will reach IDR 7,554 T. In 2023 Indonesia's debt projection is IDR 669 T.

Meanwhile, he continued, some debts have been used for routine financing and debt interest payments. Meanwhile, non-tax state revenues are not comparable and very far away from the potential for the nation's natural, water and air wealth.

"The economic sector is not prepared by the state but is left on the market mechanism," he said.

However, many people, said LaNyalla, asked how to improve the total system, namely returning to the original 45 scripts.

"The way I offer is that the DPD RI initiates the national consensus of the state by submitting the Constitutional emergency to the President, Chairman of State Institutions, TNI-Polri, National Ormas, Political Parties and related parties in the regions and Raja or Sultan Nusantara," said LaNyalla.

In the state national consensus, he continued, he asked the President to always issue a Presidential Decree by re-imposing the 1945 Constitution with his explanation to amend amendments to the addendum technique as soon as possible.

Responding to the idea of LaNyalla, Chairman of the Advisory Board of GBN, General TNI (Ret.) Agustadi Sasongko emphasized his approval to return to the 1945 Constitution which was laterendumed. According to him since President Soekarno, the 1945 Constitution has not been implemented purely and consistently. However, he realized that these efforts would encounter many difficulties.

"How I used to have difficulty with this. At that time it was called reviewing the system. I explained it to the MPR, to other high institutions but it was difficult. Because there were so many interested people. Especially the former people who participated in the amendments," he explained.

Other obstacles also come from global hands who want Indonesia to remain liberal.

"That's why I suggest that socialization to the TNI and Polri. They must be held, as guardians of state sovereignty. It is not true if someone says the TNI cannot do politics. In fact, in my opinion, the TNI must be political, but state politics," he said.

Meanwhile, Marsma TNI (Ret.) Amirullah Amin admitted that he would follow the strategy of the Chairman of the DPD RI. The idea is very precise and in accordance with the path of the Constitution.

"But it is also necessary to prepare other alternatives. So that if plan A does not work, there is already plan B, plan C and so on," he said.