Various elements of the people, including religious mass organizations, strongly reject the people power action as well as the labor demonstration which will be held on August 10, 2023. Apart from creating public fear, this action will only disrupt Kamtibmas which will have a negative impact on the economy which is currently growing after Covid-19 .
All the founding fathers of this country, especially the clergy and Islamic boarding schools, have unanimously agreed on one thing that Indonesia was indeed built as a daarul muaada country, or a country that was built with various kinds of agreements and values in it.
With these facts, the fourth pillar contained in Pancasila as the basis of the state philosophy, mainly related to deliberations is indeed very important to emphasize because Pancasila itself is the basis of the state which should be used by all elements of the nation in how to organize how to be a good citizen in the life of the nation and state in the country.
Regarding this matter, the Deputy Secretary of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board of Da’wah Institute (PBNU), KH Ahmad Nurul Huda Haem stated that indeed there are certain roles that should be able to and even have to be played by various component groups of this nation, in order to provide a lot of good input and express constructive criticism in the interests of the nation.
However, even though there is freedom to criticize for the common good, it should still be done in a good way, with good morals, especially in politics in the country. Therefore, it is also important for all parties to pay close attention to how to provide criticism or input, including reprimands and suggestions to the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) to do it in a good way.
Furthermore, discussing how there are ideas related to a number of parties who announced that the exact date of 10 August 2023 will be the moment to mobilize the masses for people power ideas and movements, the PBNU firmly stated that this was not a good idea. .
Many opinions have emerged regarding certain parties who deliberately continue to echo the action and mass movement entitled people power, which does have one goal, namely to be able to overthrow the current legitimate government, namely in the era of the leadership of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. Jokowi). Some of these opinions are that there is a possibility that these parties are a line of hurt.
Not only that, but it could also be that the people power mass movement which is to be carried out on August 10, 2023 could also be due to very deep hatred, so that it is indeed deliberately calling on many people to gather to overthrow the government which is currently still legal and protected by the country’s constitution or also in order to be able to make a commotion in the situation of the country which is actually doing well.
There is absolutely no justifiable reason for encouraging mass calls to carry out a people power movement, especially since currently the country itself is in a situation and condition of government where there are absolutely no issues in it, there are absolutely no major problems occurring in the country.
Moreover, in fact, a lot of research and data show that the level of satisfaction from the people themselves with how the government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) is running under President Jokowi’s current leadership has reached more than 80% (percent) of the people who claim to be very satisfied.
So, of course, with all the available facts and data, it is actually completely irrelevant if a group of people, including workers who are rumored to be planning to carry out a massive action in Jakarta on August 10, 2023, will hold people power.
A number of reports have circulated that workers will hold massive demonstrations on that date at several points such as the Presidential Palace and the Constitutional Court (MK) with the aim of repealing or canceling the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Manpower (Menaker RI), Ida Fauziyah suggested that workers not hold demonstrations in conveying their aspirations. This is because the government itself has provided a forum for expressing aspirations in a much calmer manner. At present the Ministry of Manpower itself is very open to be able to absorb all aspirations and in fact all aspirations that have previously been submitted themselves have also been accommodated. Therefore, instead of continuing to carry out a number of demonstrations on a large scale, let alone to mobilize large masses of people in the people power movement which of course has the potential to bring many other negative impacts, of course it would be much better if the expression of aspirations could be carried out within a forum that has been provided so as not to create a commotion