If Other Artists Register As Legislative Candidates, Commeng Chooses To Be Senator, Here's The Motivation

JAKARTA - Unlike most artists who choose the legislature as a forum to fight for the aspirations of the people, comedian Alfiansyah Bustami or more familiarly called Komeng chose the DPD (Regional Representative Council) route alias as a senator to fight for the aspirations of the people. What are the motivations to become a senator?

Before being really included in the election stage for Komeng to stay in touch with the Chairman of the DPD RI, AA LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti. He was present accompanied by a member of the DPD RI from West Java Oni Sumarwan alias Oni SOS. To LaNyalla, Komeng said that he is currently running for DPD RI for the period 2024-2029 West Java electoral district.

On this occasion, Komeng admitted that he was amazed by LaNyalla who successfully echoed various national issues through the institutions he leads.

"I always pay attention to people's representative institutions. I remember very well when the Chairman (LaNyalla) spoke about the Presidential Threshold of zero percent. Wow, salute me. It turns out that the DPD RI has also a voice. There are also roles and functions," said Komeng when meeting LaNyalla at his residence, Wednesday night, May 31, as stated by VOI.

Komeng also saw how DPD RI members in various regions successfully fought for stakeholder aspirations in the regions. "I also know that several Senators, including Pak Oni and Pak LaNyalla, are struggling to channel the aspirations of the people in the regions," said Komeng.

Even so, Komeng agreed that the role and function of the DPD RI must be increased. Therefore, departing from what he has seen in real terms, Komeng is committed to becoming a Senator from West Java.

In response to this, LaNyalla expressed his gratitude for the appreciation of Komeng for the performance of his institution and leadership. According to LaNyalla, what he has done so far is purely to fight for the aspirations of the people in the area who enter his desk.

"We at the DPD RI are committed to working and fighting for the people. That is why our tagline is 'From the Regions for Indonesia'. We really work for the benefit of the people in the regions," said LaNyalla.

Even so with all the national discourse being rolled out by the DPD RI, starting from the Presidential Threshold of zero percent to returning to the 1945 Constitution of the original manuscript, the Senator from East Java said that everything was purely the aspirations of the people he was fighting for.

"Those are all people who ask. People who make corrections to the direction of the nation's journey, where there is no more sovereignty of the people and the people have no right to be involved in it, then the idea is to return to the 1945 Constitution the original manuscript and improve its weaknesses with addendum techniques," explained LaNyalla.

Later, LaNyalla continued, he encouraged the DPD RI, which is a representative of the individual path, to get one room with the DPR RI. That way, the DPR RI consists of elements of political parties and elements of individuals who are elected through elections.

"Furthermore, there are elements of the Envoy of Groups consisting of practitioners, academics and organizers. There are also elements of the Regional Envoy consisting of the King and Sultan Nusantara, traditional leaders and so on. All of them are members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)," explained LaNyalla.

He said, later the MPR RI will be the Highest State Institution which is a manifestation of the incarnation of all elements of the people. The MPR will also formulate the direction of the nation's journey and appoint the President of the Republic of Indonesia. "So, the President is a People's Civilist. The President is a people's officer, not a party official," said LaNyalla.

LaNyalla emphatically indicated that there must be improvements and corrections to the system through addendum techniques, so that errors and deviations of state systems as practiced by the Old Order and New Order no longer occur.

"The correction to the addendum technique without changing its basic construction. What we are doing is strengthening the gap in the state system that can be manipulated," said LaNyalla after receiving Komeng's visit.