JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Corruption Eradication Commission\u2019s (KPK)\nproposal to require cadre status for prospective\npresidential\/vice-presidential and regional head candidates is seen as\npart of efforts to reform political recruitment design in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
On one hand, the idea is considered capable of strengthening the\ninstitutionalisation of political parties.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Indonesia\u2019s political system, based on direct\ngeneral elections (elections) and open competition, is deemed not fully\nconducive to strictly applying such requirements.<\/p>\n
According to him, there are at least three typologies of political\nparties in viewing the relationship between cadre development and\npresidential nominations.<\/p>\n
First, said Adi, are parties that heavily rely on their general\nchairman in presidential and vice-presidential nominations.<\/p>\n
In this model, the figure of the general chairman becomes the central\npolitical force as well as the main candidate.<\/p>\n
He cited the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), the National\nAwakening Party (PKB), and the Democrat Party as examples.<\/p>\n
These three parties are seen as tending to push their general\nchairmen to contest in the presidential election.<\/p>\n
It is known that since 2009, Prabowo Subianto has repeatedly\ncontested in the presidential election, either as a presidential\ncandidate or vice-presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
He once ran as a vice-presidential candidate alongside Megawati\nSoekarnoputri, and several times as a presidential candidate with\nvarious partners.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PKB General Chairman Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin\nalso ran as a vice-presidential candidate in the 2024 Election alongside\nAnies Baswedan.<\/p>\n
The Democrat Party is said to have a strong tendency to promote Agus\nHarimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) as the main figure in national political\ncontests.<\/p>\n
The second category, continued Adi, involves parties that do not\nalways make the general chairman the main candidate but still rely on\ninternal cadres for national contests.<\/p>\n
He cited the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which\nin the 2014 Election nominated Joko Widodo, then Governor of DKI\nJakarta, as a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
PDI-P also later nominated Ganjar Pranowo, who was then Governor of\nCentral Java, as a presidential candidate in the 2024 Presidential\nElection.<\/p>\n
According to Adi, a similar pattern is seen in the National Mandate\nParty (PAN), which does not always nominate its general chairman as the\nmain candidate, and on some occasions has also supported figures outside\nthe party\u2019s cadres.<\/p>\n
\u201cPDI-P in several periods has put forward figures like Jokowi and\nGanjar, even though Megawati has also run as a presidential candidate.\nPAN has also nominated Hatta Rajasa as a presidential candidate and has\nput forward non-PAN cadres,\u201d said Adi.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the third category consists of parties that more\nfrequently nominate figures outside their internal structure.<\/p>\n
For example, the National Democratic Party (NasDem) and the\nProsperous Justice Party (PKS).<\/p>\n
Adi assessed that both parties do not always nominate presidential\ncandidates from the ranks of general chairmen or internal party cadres\nin presidential election contests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third category, political parties that never nominate their\ngeneral chairman to run in the presidential election, and only nominate\nnon-cadres like NasDem and PKS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Adi opined that there is no single model that is\nabsolutely the most ideal in Indonesia\u2019s political system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best is those who are able to win the fight in the presidential\nelection,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/is-it-feasible-to-implement-party-cadre-requirements-for-presidential-candidates-in-indonesias-political-1777006392", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }