TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Philosopher Franz Magnis-Suseno or Father Magnis said he had doubted the leadership of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi since the Corruption Eradication Commission was castrated through the Revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law which was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) in 2019, which was then signed by the head of state. Father Magnis conveyed this when attending a forum on the theme of democracy, oligarchy and dynastic politics in the Sawah Besar area, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, November 14 2023.
Father Magnis said that he was with a group of 70 people who visited the president at the Palace, when the DPR decided on the revision of the Corruption Eradication Committee Law in 2019. He said that there were colleagues such as senior economist Emil Salim and academic (deceased) Azyumardi Azra who asked President Jokowi for confirmation. regarding that.
“For two hours we (discussed), asking the president to use a Perpu to replace the law to cancel the law first,” said the professor at the Driyarkara College of Philosophy. “I didn’t say anything there, because it was too much. The President listened attentively.”
“That’s where I doubted. Why, what’s the need, to castrate KPK? But that was easily answered because the DPR thanked the president for allowing it, because that way they were safe. Very simple. So we thought, what are those people?” said Father Magnis.
Widespread criticism of the President Jokowi has emerged recently because many parties have accused him of having been sexually involved in the 2024 elections – the most recent being the scandal that occurred at the Constitutional Court. The Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) stated that Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman had committed a serious ethical violation for allegedly intervening in the decision on election regulation norms regarding the age limit for registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates. As a consequence, Anwar Usman was removed from his position as Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court.
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Anwar Usman is Joko Widodo’s brother-in-law. The decision on the age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates means that President Jokowi’s son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, will advance to contest the 2024 presidential election. This situation has raised public doubts about the neutrality of state officials in holding elections.
The Palace has on several occasions guaranteed that state administrators will remain neutral in the election, even if the president’s children are contesting. Jokowi was sparing in talking about the MKMK’s decision which wanted Anwar Usman to be removed from the position of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. “That is the judiciary area. I don’t want to comment much. Once again, because that is the jurisdiction of the judiciary area,” said Jokowi in Purwakarta, Thursday, November 9 2023.
Father Magnis, in a discussion at the Borobudur Hotel on Tuesday, admitted that he was increasingly worried about the current political conditions in Indonesia. Without naming names, Father Magnis said there were those who no longer had any shame in building political dynasties. “The rulers are shamelessly trying to build family dynasties and family power. I repeat what was said earlier, it’s bad if people don’t see that it’s not right,” he said.
“The most important thing now is to speak up and demand freedom to express opinions, which is the most basic democratic right,” said Father Magnis.
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