Amien Rais urges Prabowo to serve through 2029
He said impeachment efforts against the president or vice president are almost impossible under the current DPR-MPR balance.
Amien Rais called for President Prabowo Subianto’s government to be maintained until his term ends on Oct. 20, 2029. The chairman of the Majelis Syuro Partai Ummat said the five-year transfer of power set out in the 1945 Constitution should be preserved to avoid political shocks at the national level. According to Amien, a head of state should only be removed before the end of a term in extraordinary circumstances, such as a serious crime or a fatal moral scandal. He also said Prabowo should be given the chance to carry out his eight priority programs. Amien added that impeachment in Indonesia is highly complex because it must pass through the DPR, the Constitutional Court for 90 days, and then the MPR, making efforts to impeach Prabowo or Gibran Rakabuming Raka extremely difficult.