Golkar Has No Issue with KPK's Proposal on Limiting Political Party Leaders to Two Terms: We Always Change

Jakarta, VIVA – The Golkar Party has affirmed that it has no issues with the proposal from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the limitation of the general chairman’s tenure in political parties to a maximum of two terms.

This stance was expressed by the Secretary General of the Golkar Party, Sarmuji, in response to the KPK’s proposal.

“We have no problem if there is a limit of two terms (for the position of general chairman),” he said at the Golkar DPP headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

Sarmuji explained that his statement was not without reason, as the chairman of the Golkar Party has never served up to two terms.

“Golkar’s leadership changes every period. Even to this day, there has not been a single person who has managed to serve two full terms in the Golkar Party. So if it is limited to two terms, that is actually an issue that does not affect Golkar,” he revealed.

He also assessed that the most important thing at present is how the internal democracy in a party is of quality.

Because, if the internal democracy is of quality, a party will not depend solely on one particular figure.

“We will not depend on one figure alone, but there are many ideas there that can be absorbed, and those ideas also reflect the thoughts that are developing in society,” he stressed.

Previously, the KPK proposed that the tenure of the general chairman (Ketum) of political parties be limited to a maximum of two terms. This is intended to prevent corruption in the political sector.

The proposal is included in the study on political party governance prepared by the KPK’s Directorate of Monitoring. The anti-corruption agency stated that the recommendation is based on findings and academic arguments related to improving the political system and efforts to close corruption loopholes.

KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said that limiting the leadership tenure in parties is one of the important points arising from the results of that study.

“One of the findings is in point eight, regarding the limitation of terms for a political party chairman, which of course also has an academic basis,” Budi said at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

According to him, the study found that regeneration within the party structure has not been running optimally. That condition, he said, affects the high cost of politics.