Anies Doesn't Want To Comment On The Governors Of Jakarta Will Be Appointed By The President In The Draft Of The DKJ Bill

Presidential candidate (candidate) number 1 Anies Baswedan during a dialogue with residents in Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan, Tuesday (5/12/2023). (ANTARA/YouTube/Anies Baswedan)

Presidential candidate number 1, Anies Baswedan, has not yet responded to the rules regarding the Governor and Deputy Governor of Jakarta appointed by the president after the IKN transfer.

This rule is contained in the draft Law on Special Regions of Jakarta which is being discussed by the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR. Anies admitted that he would first examine the draft bill.

"I haven't seen the documents yet. I read them first, then I can comment, yes," said Anies when met in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Tuesday, December 5.

The Draft Law on the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta (RUU DKJ) was officially approved as a proposal for the DPR initiative. One of the rules, namely Article 10, states that the Governor and Deputy Governor of DKJ are appointed, appointed, and dismissed by the President by taking into account the DPRD's proposal or opinion.

The decision was made in the 10th DPR Plenary Meeting of the Second Session Period of the 2023-2024 Session Year at the Parliament building, Senayan. The draft preparation of the DKJ Bill was previously discussed at the DPR Legislation Body (Baleg).

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lodewijk F. Paulus, said that eight factions in the Indonesian House of Representatives except for the PKS faction agreed to the discussion.

"We need to convey that the leadership of the council has received a report from the Legislative Body on the preparation of a bill proposed by Baleg's initiative on the Special Region of Jakarta Province which states that 8 factions agree, namely the PDIP faction, Golkar faction, Gerindra faction, NasDem faction, Democratic faction, PKB faction, PAN faction, and PPP faction. One faction, namely the PKS faction, rejected it," said Lodewijk.

Separately, Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR Achmad Baidowi alias Awiek clarified that the DKJ Governor-Deputy Governors were elected by the President of the Republic of Indonesia to emphasize the particularity of Jakarta after its status was no longer the nation's capital.

"In particularity given, we agree that the most important priority is in the government system," said Awiek at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5.

Then, to bridge the political desire between those who want specialties to be directly appointed from this rule, the DPR added that the rules that the appointment and dismissal of the Governors of DKJ pay attention to the opinion of the DPRD.

The middle way, according to Awiek, remains based on the principles of democracy. Because the election, even though it is not direct, still goes through a mechanism from the DPRD.

"That's the democratic process there. So it's not completely the democratic process is gone. Because democracy doesn't have to mean direct elections. Indirect elections also mean democracy. So when the DPRD proposes, there the democratic process, so not everything just disappears," said Awiek.