REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA \u2014 PAN politician Dradjad Wibowo views Saiful\nMujani\u2019s statements about toppling President Prabowo as no longer\nobjective and constructive criticism. Given the individual\u2019s track\nrecord, Dradjad sees it as incitement or dangerous fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy? Saiful has a track record of being anti-Prabowo. In June 2014,\nhe admitted to running a negative campaign against presidential\ncandidate Prabowo. The accusations he made were highly negative. Readers\ncan look it up themselves,\u201d said Dradjad.<\/p>\n
About nine years later, Dradjad continued, in 2023, again in June,\nSaiful Mujani stated, \u201c\u2026I do not want to have a president whose track\nrecord is dark regarding the dismissal of Prabowo Subianto at that\ntime.\u201d<\/p>\n
With such a track record, said Dradjad, Saiful Mujani\u2019s criticism of\nPresident Prabowo can no longer be called objective. \u201cIn my view, his\ntrack record shows dislike, anti,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
So when Saiful mentions toppling President Prabowo, said Dradjad,\nlogically, one cannot accept that statement merely as an objective\npolitical stance. It has become an expression of dislike, even possibly\nhatred or incitement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my personal view. Whether Saiful\u2019s statement meets the\nelements of hatred or incitement legally? Legal interpretation is not my\nexpertise. Law enforcement, legal experts, and judges are the ones\nentitled to assess or decide it,\u201d explained Dradjad, who is also a\nsenior economist at INDEF.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, as an economist, Dradjad assesses that there is no\neconomic argument that can be used as a reason for toppling. He\nexplained that indeed the rupiah exchange rate, fiscal stability, and\nIndonesia\u2019s general economic condition are facing considerable global\npressure due to the military attack on Iran. But almost all countries\nare experiencing it. They even raised fuel prices with quite high\nincreases. Indonesia, on the other hand, chose to maintain fuel\nprices.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding the chaos issue, so far Mr JK has never made such a\nstatement publicly. We only hear it from Said Didu, whether true or\nnot,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n
Is the economy heading towards crisis, let alone triggering chaos?\nAccording to Dradjad, to date, there is no single indicator showing that\nthe Indonesian economy is heading towards recession, let alone crisis.\nIndeed, economic performance is not as good as planned. But the economy\nis still positive. The exchange rate has indeed depreciated, but it has\nnot collapsed to Rp20,000 per USD as claimed by some parties. In fact,\nnot a few countries have also seen their currencies depreciate.<\/p>\n
He said that the government does need to work hard to increase state\nrevenue and maintain macroeconomic stability. \u201cBut all of that is a\npolicy issue. Not a valid reason for toppling. Nor a strong indicator of\nan impending recession, crisis, let alone chaos,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dradjad-wibowo-syaiful-mujani-is-playing-with-dangerous-fire-1775857841", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }