Gibran Mundur Sajalah | Opini Tempo — Transcript

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1. 0:00The Constitutional Court's ruling paves
2. 0:02the way for the impeachment of the Vice
3. 0:03President. Better to step down than to
4. 0:06be ousted. I am Anton Septian, and this
5. 0:09is the Tempo editorial. Two years into
6. 0:20his vice presidency, Gibran Rakabuming
7. 0:21Raka has further tarnished the face of
8. 0:23Prabowo Subianto's administration.
9. 0:25Damaged by reckless policies such as
10. 0:27the free nutritious meal program and
11. 0:28the Red and White Village cooperatives.
12. 0:31That image is increasingly scarred as
13. 0:33facts emerge surrounding Gibran's
14. 0:34nomination as vice president. The
15. 0:37legitimacy crisis plaguing Gibran is
16. 0:39the fruit of problems planted ahead of
17. 0:41the 2024 Presidential Election. After
18. 0:45circumventing the age requirement for
19. 0:47vice-presidential candidates through
20. 0:48legal acrobatics at the Constitutional
21. 0:50Court, then chaired by his uncle Anwar
22. 0:52Usman, Gibran maneuvered around the
23. 0:53high school diploma requirement when
24. 0:55registering with the General Elections
25. 0:57Commission. Three years later, the
26. 1:00Constitutional Court found no valid
27. 1:02evidence that Gibran possesses a
28. 1:04diploma or equivalence document proving
29. 1:06he finished high school. Although the
30. 1:10Court did not accept the plaintiff's
31. 1:11request to annul Gibran's election, the
32. 1:13ruling confirms his flawed candidacy,
33. 1:15meaning Gibran did not meet the
34. 1:16requirements to participate in the
35. 1:18Presidential Election. The Court's
36. 1:21ruling opens the way for the House of
37. 1:23Representatives to propose impeachment
38. 1:25to the People's Consultative Assembly.
39. 1:29Manipulation of nomination requirements
40. 1:30is a criminal offense that must be
41. 1:32legally processed and constitutes a
42. 1:34disgraceful act that can serve as
43. 1:35grounds for impeaching a president and/
44. 1:37or vice president. Politicians in
45. 1:40Senayan should correct this error.
46. 1:42Namely, that this illegitimate child of
47. 1:44the constitution rose to the pinnacle
48. 1:46of power due to his father's political
49. 1:48ambition, who could not accept his term
50. 1:50ending. The Court appears to be taking
51. 1:52a safe stance. At the very least, they
52. 1:54are deflecting the hot potato. The
53. 1:56Court rejected the lawsuit by former
54. 1:58Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights
55. 2:00Denny Indrayana, deeming he lacked
56. 2:02legal standing. According to the Court,
57. 2:05the lawsuit should have been filed by a
58. 2:06presidential election participant. Back
59. 2:09when changing the requirements for
60. 2:10presidential and vice-presidential
61. 2:12candidates, the Court accepted Almas
62. 2:14Tsaqibbirru's lawsuit. At the time, he
63. 2:16was a student at Surakarta University
64. 2:18with no legal basis to challenge the
65. 2:20contested article. Back then, the Court
66. 2:23was part of a sinister scenario. In
67. 2:25pushing Gibran as a vice-presidential
68. 2:27candidate, regarding the annulment of
69. 2:28elected state officials, the Court has
70. 2:30previously annulled the victory of
71. 2:32regional heads whose candidacies were
72. 2:34invalid. In 2021, the elected Regent of
73. 2:37Sabu Raijua, Orient Patriot Riwu Kore,
74. 2:40had not yet relinquished his United
75. 2:42States citizenship. Indeed, unlike
76. 2:45Denny Indrayana, the plaintiff had
77. 2:47legal standing, but at least the Court
78. 2:49has a precedent for such annulments. In
79. 2:51the days ahead, the movement to shake
80. 2:53Gibran will intensify. After the
81. 2:55Court's ruling was issued, a group of
82. 2:57citizens reported the forgery of
83. 2:58Gibran's education equivalence
84. 3:00certificate to the Criminal
85. 3:01Investigation Agency of the Indonesian
86. 3:02National Police. Politicians in Senayan
87. 3:05should follow up on the Court's ruling.
88. 3:08The road is indeed winding. After the
89. 3:10House of Representatives agrees to
90. 3:12annul Gibran's position, the ball will
91. 3:13be tossed back to the Court. Then, the
92. 3:15final decision will be made by the
93. 3:16People's Consultative Assembly. If
94. 3:18Gibran steps down or is removed, a new
95. 3:20Vice President will be chosen based on
96. 3:22a political decision among them. This
97. 3:24negotiation is expected to open up
98. 3:26possibilities that are hopefully better
99. 3:28. In a shifting political landscape,
100. 3:30Prabowo will not merely get a
101. 3:32replacement deputy. He is expected to
102. 3:34gain a new partner who makes him more
103. 3:36receptive to input regarding policies
104. 3:38that have often been erratic. Political
105. 3:41stagnation might find a slight way out,
106. 3:43as a change in leadership opens
107. 3:45opportunities for civil society to
108. 3:48resubmit reform agendas that have long
109. 3:50been ignored. Gibran and his father
110. 3:53need to know their place. His
111. 3:55legitimacy has already deflated. He
112. 3:57will not work effectively because he
113. 3:59will always be questioned. Even until
114. 4:01now, he is perceived as not working and
115. 4:03sidelined by Prabowo. Some may still
116. 4:06support him, but more will ridicule him
117. 4:09. What Vaclav Havel said holds some
118. 4:11truth. Power built on lies is easily
119. 4:15shaken. See the full editorial and
120. 4:18coverage only on tempo.co.