Education Is No Longer a Privilege

To answer that question, we need to look at today's social context. In the past, higher education was indeed considered a luxury. A bachelor's degree was only held by a handful of elites or those who were lucky. However, the reality is now very different. There are more and more universities and access is becoming more open. In fact, there are now so many S1 (Bachelor's degree) graduates that some of them have to face unemployment problems. This means that a bachelor's degree is no longer a boundary between the elite and the general public, but has become a common standard that citizens should reasonably have. If job vacancies for shop admin positions already require S1 graduates, why aren't people's representatives in the DPR required to have similar standards? Setting S1 as a minimum requirement is not an attempt to marginalize the common people, but rather a step to adapt the representative institution to the times. People's representatives should reflect the people, not only from a social background, but also in intellectual capacity.

DPR and the Challenges of Modern Complexity

Criticism of the DPR is not only about communication style or inappropriate word choices. More than that, criticism is aimed at the DPR's substantive ability to carry out its legislative, supervisory, and budgetary functions. Their job is to formulate laws, oversee the running of the government, and manage the state budget. All three functions clearly require analytical capacity, legal understanding, economic insight, and political diplomacy skills. Without adequate education, how can a member of the DPR read data, understand complex legal texts, or weigh the impact of public policies? This raises the question: is it possible that all this time the vital functions of the DPR have only been carried out by expert staff, not by the council members themselves? The phenomenon of DPR members easily making reckless statements is not just a matter of personal ethics, but a reflection of their weak intellectual capacity. When academic ability is minimal, the quality of representation also falls. Increasingly educated people finally feel unrepresented, even embarrassed by their representatives.