Behind the palace silence on the Democratic outbreak that named Moeldoko

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Several cadres have been dismissed by the DPP Party Democrats held an Extraordinary Congress (KLB) at Deli Serdang, North Sumatra on Friday (3/5). At the KLB, the head of the presidential personnel office Moeldoko appointed president general.

The KLB Forum stated Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) Automatically retires from the post of President after Moeldoko’s appointment. However, the DPP Democrats considered the KLB illegal because it did not agree with the party’s statutes.

Al Azhar University political observer Ujang Komaruddin highlighted Moeldoko’s role in the chaos in the Democratic Party’s management. He suspected that Moeldoko’s coup against the management had been approved by Palacio.

The blessing, he said, could be judged by the silent actions of the ranks of the Presidential Palace. In fact, Moeldoko is a high-ranking state official who also served in the Presidential Palace.

“The Palace has been silent all this time is a strong indication of this ‘blessing’. Moeldoko himself is a member of the palace. So part of the Palace. Now only the objective, if the government in this case Pak Moeldoko does that. , it will definitely be allowed, it will definitely be allowed, “he said. Ujang to CNNIndonesia.com, Friday (5/3).

Ujang assessed that Moeldoko’s inauguration of the Democrats would not have happened if it had been banned by the Palace or President Jokowi. This is because assuming a managerial position in the party that has been officially registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is an unconstitutional act.

It is known that the management of the Democratic Party under the leadership of AHY has been ratified through the Decree of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights number M.HH-10.AH.11.01 Year 2020 that was signed since May 19, 2020. The congress for the establishment of AHY as President General was held in March 2020.

In addition to damaging the image of the Presidential Palace in general, Ujang saw that the coup would also damage the image of President Joko Widodo.

“If a hit is not struck, it means it is prohibited. That is a simple gesture that can be judged by the public. I suspect Pak Moeldoko will not continue because there are no prohibition signs,” he said.

In addition, Ujang evaluated that the blessing of the Palace for Moeldoko to take over the Democrats could be capital for the future political interests of the government. One of them is to dilute the strength of the opposition political parties in the current parliament.

The Democratic Party is known to be a political party that has the attitude of not joining the Jokowi government. This decision is in line with the position chosen by PKS and PAN, who are now both in parliament.

Seeing this, Ujang felt that Moeldoko was trying to “win over” the opposition by luring Democrats to join the ranks of the government.

This effort, he said, is expected to make various government-designed policies easily realized in parliament and there will be no significant resistance.

“Of course we want to eliminate parties or destroy opposing parties. Right now there is no opposition. Now the Democrats are not yet. That is why they are divided, that is why they are ostracized,” he said.

Ujang assessed that the palace’s intervention interfered in the internal affairs of political parties and damaged the democratic climate in Indonesia. This is because the freedom of association guaranteed by the 1945 Constitution has been damaged by illegal interventions by power.

On the other hand, he also affirmed that the strength of the opposition political parties in parliament must continue and be maintained. This is to monitor the functioning of the government that tends to abuse power or abuse of power.

“Democracy is hijacked. Why? Later, parliamentary control will no longer supervise the functioning of the government. Because, in theory, ‘power tends to corrupt’, so in this context take control of the Democratic Party as well it falls under the category of abuse of power or abuse of power, “he said.

Likewise, the political observer from Jakarta State University, Ubedilah Badrun, assessed that Moeldoko’s inauguration of the headquarters of the president of the Democratic Party through the KLB also indicates the blessing of the palace. Furthermore, Moeldoko, who was a person within the circle of the Palace, immediately became its President General.

‘If the general was not Moeldoko and among the cadres who were disobedient, perhaps I saw that there were differences in views or interests between the elite Democratic party. But it isn’t, “Ubed said.

Ubed assessed the Palace’s attitude of not responding to Moeldoko’s efforts to carry out the KLB as an important sign of the blessing bestowed.

Furthermore, state instruments such as the security apparatus at the KLB location appeared to allow the forum to continue. In fact, the Demorkat Party itself has asked the security apparatus to dissolve the KLB.

“The Democratic KLB was carried out with the approval of the Speaker of the Upper House. So the country must know that there will be potential conflicts. Now law enforcement officials must secure a congress that has potential and is illegal. But this one device says nothing. ” , there is no serious effort, “he said.

On the other hand, Ubed considered that there was a hidden political agenda behind the palace giving Moeldoko’s blessing to take over the Democratic Party. Jokowi can use one of them to provide a new political vehicle in the future for his sons and son-in-law, who are now involved in politics.

“What vehicles? Yes, among them is acquiring parties or dividing parties. If you build a new party it is difficult. If you can divide the party. This is the impact of the division in PDIP and the efforts to build new vehicles in the palace.” . “said Ubed.

Political expert Saiful Mujani thinks the KLB Democrat who elected Moeldoko as president general is an extraordinary irony. According to him, since the New Order era, in fact, political parties have taken power through the KLB. However, the party’s own cadres did.

He gave an example from the case of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI) when Soerjadi eliminated Megawati through the KLB mechanism. At the time, it was said to be an extension of the regime.

Thus, Mujani assesses that in the current democratic era, Moeldoko’s inauguration of the Democrats is an extraordinary irony.

“In the current era of democracy, Democrats are taken over by state offices that must protect all parties. incredible irony,Mujani said in a tweet on his Twitter account.