PDIP Believes Money Politics Is Difficult To Fight As Long As The Open Election System Is Still Valid

PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat/DOK VIA BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat said money politics would be difficult to eradicate during general elections (elections) using an open system.

This was conveyed by Djarot after attending the launch of the 'Learning Fajar Attack' campaign, which is a program of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Friday, July 14. He said the closed electoral system could actually reduce this impregnancy practice.

"That's why yesterday the PDI-P supported our democratic system using the vote counting system. That's what the party campaigns for," Djarot told reporters at the Anti-Corruption Learning Center (ACLC) Building, South Jakarta.

"But the Constitutional Court said that (rejecting a closed system lawsuit, ed). As long as we are still like that, it is difficult to fight money politics," he continued.

Djarot said there was a lot to do to prevent money politics. Among them are improving the electoral system because this process is the beginning or upstream of the problem.

"As long as it still uses an individual liberal democratic political system, and this is not fixed, it is difficult to fight money politics," said Djarot.

Furthermore, what must be taken care of is the owner of the capital. "Therefore, we encourage the KPK to be able to fight the politics of money, not only from the downstream from the upstream as well. The PDIP-P commitment is there. The improvement starts from upstream to downstream, not only downstream," said the former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta.

The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), continued Djarot, should be firm with the capital owners. Mainly, those who violate the law.

"Finally, this was arrested by Bawaslu, please, this is cukong-kong. Including politicians who use methods, capital money to be able to buy votes. This is the task of Bawaslu, not from the KPK," he concluded.