1Berita News – The Central Leadership Board (DPP) of the Democratic Party rejects the proposal for a parliamentary inquiry (hak angket) in the DPR to investigate allegations of fraud in the 2024 Elections and Presidential Elections.
Herman Khaeron, Head of the Organization Development, Cadre Affairs, and Membership Board (BPOKK) of the Democratic Party, believes that the parliamentary inquiry for elections lacks urgency. He argues that the proposal for a parliamentary inquiry should have been made from the outset.
“The parliamentary inquiry for the Democratic Party faction, until now, has not been urgent because linking it to election results would be inappropriate,” Herman said at the parliamentary complex on Thursday (29/2).
He questions whether the proposal for the parliamentary inquiry is still driven by the camps of presidential candidate pairs 1 or 3, should they win the Presidential Election. He reminds that the presidential election result, which favored Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming, reflects the people’s voice.
Herman doesn’t want the people’s voice to be delegitimized by political elites. He believes that a parliamentary inquiry would only degrade public opinion.
“If the people’s voice is delegitimized by political elites through the desire for a parliamentary inquiry, I think the voice of the people, which has been channeled sincerely through elections, should not be downgraded,” he said.
Herman believes that election disputes should be settled through the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) or the Constitutional Court (MK). He is convinced that Prabowo’s current lead reflects the people’s will.
“So if the current results are like this, as shown by both quick counts and real counts, then that is a fact, that is reality,” said Herman.
The proposal for a parliamentary inquiry was first raised by presidential candidate number 3, Ganjar Pranowo, and has been supported by three supporting parties of Anies Baswedan. In total, the factions supporting the proposal for a parliamentary inquiry currently amount to 314.
Details include 128 seats held by PDIP, 59 seats by the NasDem Faction, 58 seats by PKB, 50 seats by PKS, and 19 seats by PPP.
Meanwhile, those who oppose the proposal for a parliamentary inquiry from the supporting coalition of Prabowo-Gibran amount to 261. Details include 85 seats held by Golkar, 78 seats by Gerindra, 54 seats by the Democratic Party, and 44 seats by PAN.
However, according to the plan, the parliamentary inquiry can only be initiated at the opening of the session on March 5. A parliamentary inquiry requires a minimum of 25 members from more than one faction to propose it.
