Reading the Attitudes of Political Parties in Parliament

Factions of political parties in the DPR RI have begun to respond to the discourse on regional head elections through the DPRD. Some support, some reject and some follow the government. Tempo reported that ahead of the new year, several political party figures held a closed meeting at the official residence of Bahlil Lahadalia, who is the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources as well as the chairman of the Golkar party. Also present at the meeting were PKB chairman Muhaimin Iskandar, PAN chairman Zulkifli Hasan and Gerindra DPP daily chairman Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. The meeting of the four political party leaders discussed, among other things, the option of holding regional head elections through the DPRD. The four parties have indeed stated their support for regional head elections through the DPRD on the grounds of efficiency and also saving cost expensive politics. In fact, the high cost politics and the rampant money politics that makes the budget swell is actually maintained by the political parties themselves. It has been clearly stated that one of the tasks of political parties, apart from cadre recruitment, is to provide political education to the public. Thus, problems caused by political parties cannot be fully blamed on the public as constituents by revoking their right to vote directly.

Looking at the composition of the eight political parties that passed the parliamentary threshold (parliamentary threshold) it is important to see how this discourse will continue until it becomes law. There are at least five political parties that support the discourse on regional head elections through the DPRD, namely Gerindra, Golkar, Nasdem, PAN and PKB. Meanwhile, PDI-P rejects and PKS is still studying. Meanwhile, the Democrats do not explicitly say they support or reject, but rather go along with the government. Seeing the existing composition, mathematically, if the revision of the Regional Election Law is implemented, then there will definitely be no obstacles in parliament to carry out ratification at the plenary level. In fact, this consensus can be reached by consensus without having to vote. Thus, if the government intends to hold a revision of the Regional Election Law, then the proposed changes will definitely run smoothly without obstacles.