The Challenge of Money Politics and Fritz's Views on the Election System

Fritz also revealed that money politics is a serious problem in general elections. In the 2019 Election, there were 69 court decisions related to criminal violations related to money politics. Many literatures, both from within and outside the country, explain the negative impact of money politics on the election process. Fritz believes that to overcome the practice of money politics, changing the election system to a closed proportional system is an effective step. In a meeting with the Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Saldi Isra,and seven JudgesConstitutional, Fritz expressed his views.

Agus Riewanto's Opinion and Justification for Changes to the Election System

Agus Riewanto, a lecturer in constitutional law from the Faculty of Law, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, gave his views in an online trial. According to Agus, the open proportional election system which determines elected candidates based on the most votes is not in line with the constitution and can be considered unconstitutional. He argued that this system degrades the role of political parties in the context of a democratic country. Agus acknowledged that the open proportional election system has an impact on politics that is more focused on individuals or candidates. This encourages voters to choose popular and wealthy candidates, ignoring the political parties they represent. He emphasized that the serial number of legislative candidates does not guarantee that the legislative candidate will be elected in the election. Agus criticized the open proportional election system because it encourages political parties to compete in recruiting popular and wealthy legislative candidates without considering party ideology and structure. This results in elected legislative candidates representing themselves more than the political party they represent.