Monday, December 16 2024 – 11:55 WIB
Chairperson of the Central Executive Board of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (DPP KNPI) Putri Khairunnisa and the ranks of the DPP KNPI at an event recently. Photo: Doc. KNPI
jpnn.comJAKARTA – General Chairperson of the Central Executive Board of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (DPP KNPI) Putri Khairunnisa expressed her support for President Prabowo Subianto’s idea regarding simplifying the regional head election (pilkada) system, namely through elections by the Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD).
Nisa, Putri Khairunnisa’s nickname, argued that KNPI’s support for President Prabowo Subianto took into account the legal basis and democratic values.
Apart from that, empirical and realistic considerations are relevant to the needs of the nation.
“This idea has a clear legal basis in the 1945 Constitution, especially Article 18 Paragraph (4) which states that the Governor, Regent and Mayor respectively as heads of provincial, district and city regional governments are elected democratically,” said Nisa Monday (16/12/2024) in Jakarta.
According to Nisa, the phrase democratically opens up space for interpretation that is not limited to direct election by the people but also through representation mechanisms in the DPRD as representatives of the people in the regions.
“This support is based on the belief that the regional head election system through the DPRD remains in line with democratic principles which focus on government effectiveness, budget efficiency and political stability in the regions,” said Nisa.
He emphasized that democracy is not only about the electoral mechanism, but also about the quality of government produced. Election of regional heads by the DPRD can reduce the potential for horizontal conflict in society which often occurs in direct regional elections.
Apart from that, he said, this mechanism can strengthen the accountability of regional heads to the DPRD as a legislative institution that represents the aspirations of the people.
The KNPI DPP expressed its support for President Prabowo Subianto’s idea regarding simplifying the Pilkada system through the DPRD.
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