M. Yamin Panca Setia

It’s Time to Politic Campaign.

Let’s move to general election 2009. This time to began get public sympathetic. Many public area like on the markets, stations, streets, we look several big banner that showed about politic jargon published by politic parties.

We also can look many politic parties flags flaunted on the streets. The engine of politic party had moved more speedy since the politic campaign has began at 12 July 2008.

Before campaingn started, elits have been more hard to struggle and pump out public support. They came and see people after they have long time didn’t accosted people who still got a lot of problems until now.

They accosted people with smile face, and present in public area like as the rescuer angel.

On the each public space area like on the streets, markets, terminals, statitions, etc, many atributies politic party had distributed.

They also expansive used media public to be medium for campaign. They will get public sympathetic to support the President, the governor, or the mayor elections.

On media public, newspaper, television, radio, etc, they agresive published about politic jargon on behalf served public interest, democration, walfare, and justice. Pro poor, pro jobs, and pro walfare, pro justice, etc as be objects issues to invite public sympathetic.

When the election general come and more closely, many people became polictic actors. Total the politic party who be as participant on general election 2009 more increase. Total participant until 34 politic party, from 24 who became participant at the general election at 2004.

But, are elits politic party enthusiastic parallel with public enthusiastic who be exploitation object them to get champion?

"The public have been surfeited politic,” said the Executive Director Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) Saiful Mujani in Jakarta , several last day. Mujani predicted, public participant will be down about 60-70 persent.

Several politic obsevers are predicted if the politic party increased can’t push public participant at the election general 2009.

Why? Because, image politic party has damaged. Many Indonesia people didn’t interest with politic because elits have bad track record when they became public representative on the parliament. "Indonesia people inclined skeptical and apathetic to politic," said Siti Zuhro, the politic observer from Indonesia Science Institute (LIPI).

Moreever, Indonesia people also disappointed after knew if politic parpol party like the bandits nest. The people knew if many party politic elits involved criminals, like corruption, bribe and sex scandal.

Cash flow from Indonesia Bank for example. Several elits politic party involved in money flow from Indonesia Bank about Rp21,5 billion.

Hamka Yandhu, the former members of IX Commission Parliement said, about Rp21,5 billion has flowed to 52 parliement members from several fractions. Cash flow from BI predicted also sent to the politic party cash. It possible because politic party became one of institute corrupts from Indonesia transparency international researce.

Yamdu also has as suspect.

Two minister in the Integrate Indonesian Cabinet (KIB) leader by Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono predicted involved. Yandhu said, the minister of Forest MS Kaban got Rp300 million, and the minister of national planning Paskah Suzetta got about Rp1 billion.

Beforehand, public are disappointed because elits involved bribe case about Rp1,7 billion. Al Amin Nasution, the member Commission IV Parliement from the united party development (PPP) became as suspect in the transfer of area serve forest in Bintan.

Public also disappointed with corruptios case in the transfer functions at mangrove forest in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatera, involved Sarjan Taher from Democrat politic party, and Bulyan Royan from The Star Reform Fraction became as suspect in bribe case.

He got US$66 thousands, and 5.500 euro in the auction process the project of Patrol ships Directorat General The Departement of Sea Communication.

The people also disappointed because several elits politic party involved in the sex scandals. Max Moein from The Indonesian Democration Struggle Party (PDIP) predicted as suspect scandal sex with her secretary names Desi Firdiyanti.

Beforehand, people nauseated with scandal sex between Yahya Zaini, Golkar’s politician with the dangdut artis names is Maria Eva.

Power Oriented

The politic party increased with the new politic party as be participant in the general election at 2009 showed politic ambitious elits compared to democration actualization value

The politic obsever from University of Indonesia , Rocky Gerung said, the new politic party got capital from elits who have ambition inclined just cut phase. They didn’t formal procedure politic party role like forming of cadres, politic communication, and politic education. The new politic party just as became elit’s tool getting power of state.

"Several elits precisely made party politic continent.”

He said, at General Election 2009, happened surplus politic party, but deficit about value. They made the new politic party just to cut and made more speedy get the power, and precisely used by compulsion approach, and didn’t used formalty procedure. “That means they disruption democration system,” he said.

Rocky beliaved that approach can made more politic party as participant in each the general election. He predicted, on the general election 2014, politic party as participant can be until 78 politic party.

The Secretary of General Pro Democration (Prodem) Andrianto worried about old politicians who made new politic party can made politic oligarcy tradition. Moreever, he said, old politicians had failed given positive change condition for country. "Maybe, the made politic party just catched of power,” Andrianto said.

But, Nurcholis, the member of national collective leader the Party of Democration Reform (PDP) disagreed about that opinions. He said, PDP develop by former PDIP elits to fight feudalism in the party politic tradition.

PDP founding fathers claims leaved PDIP because failed pushed PDIP reform. Because of that, PDIP lost at general election 2004.

They disagreed feudalism when used voice to choce the leader politic party.

He expressed, when still join in PDIP, vote rights control by Megawati Soekarno Putri as party leader. “We have vote rights in PDP.”

He claimed, PDP present in the politic area to change feudalism leadership politic party.

PDP founded democratist format when determination party leader. “We refuse leader general terminology whose monopoly politic party leadership,” he said. Because that, we used collective national leader terminology who have same vote rights.

The vice head of Gerindra Partai Fadli Zon refused nauseated with politic party now because only get self interest, dan made politic oligarcy tradition. "Only bargain, didn;t make peolpe be smart. So, what I will to be done?” he ask.

Finally, we made new politic party, with more explicit platform. He accused, party politic elits now have failed get the reform future.

He looks, democration on the wrong track and unconventional. "Politic just as

keep profession. That’s wrong.

Zon hope that conditions must return. Can be dangerous. We are now on the wrong track," he said.

Whatever opinions, Siti Zuhro said, politic pary just more focus get the state power. They didn’t seriously answered public interest.

She said, politic party had failed develop democration consolidation because democration institutionalization by party politic development and reform parliament quality faced challenge like elits oligarcy in bureaucracy, business, didn’t maximal pushed democration institutionalization. Educate function, Siti said still on handle internal problems like forming of cadres and training.

Siti who also as The Habibie Center researcher, expressed, politic party didn’t maximal do educate function to public for observation and interview. "People learn politic by them self," she said.

Education function didn’t maximal because politic party and fraction in the parliament often can’t struggle people aspirations. Many policies made by parliement unproductive for people life.

The Habibie Center founded several recess of parliament documents if more used got people voice, and forming of cadres. Because that, public aspiration can’t get find solution by elits.

Siti also ask about the financial tranparency report. According the law number 2/2008, the politic parties must made transparency financial administration and make people easy to acces. But, financial party politic report closed, public difficult to access.

Failuer politic party as politic institution worried will be democration threat.

Democration era was growth and develop now can be lose. People’s legitimate be lose if democration can’t push walfare.

"Peole aren’t care if they must to choice for democration. The people said, walfare more important than democration. Bad life and walfare, can make people be apathetic.

“That public’s interest mush be attention for politician who be competitor to get

public sympathetic at general election,” Mujani said.

Siti recomended needed forming of cadres more intensive, and continue to develop politic party quality. Needed politic party management oriented modern institution development, and free from figure.

M. Yamin Panca Setia

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