The Gibran Impeachment Issue: Public Rationality Versus the Reality of Political Power

The discourse on impeaching Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka is not just ordinary political ripples. This is a battle between the disaster mitigation logic of leadership in the public eye and the solid wall of economic interests of the political elite. Assoc Prof Sulfikar Amir of Science, Technology, and Society of NTU, revealed this sharp analysis in the Forum Keadilan TV podcast. Assoc Prof Sulfikar highlighted why the impeachment demands, which were considered rational by civil society, were drowned out in Senayan. According to him, the pressure to remove Gibran is a form of mitigation against potential leadership turmoil in the future.

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