Untimely Amendments

President Jokowi gave a normative response: obey and respect the Constitution. Yet proposals to amend the Constitution are considered part of democracy.

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

President Joko Widodo and MPR Chairman Bambang Soesatyo after the MPR leadership meeting with the president at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (16/10/2019).

Democracy is identic with brouhaha, including in this country. The issue of the amendment to the Constitution has again sparked brouhaha because it is not the right time.