Restrictions On The Term Of Office Of The DPR Must Be Accompanied By The Quality Of Internal Cadreization Of Political Parties

JAKARTA Undip political observer, Faiz Kasyfilham, believes that the term of office of members of the DPR should be limited in order to create new figures who are not bound by the interests of political parliament or oligarchs.

"This limitation of the term of office also opens up opportunities for refreshing actors, ideas, and opens up a fairer space for candidates for people's representation," he said, Sunday, November 3, 2024.

However, the limitation of the period for legislative members also needs to be accompanied by efforts to care for the representation of the public interest. Thus, even though the actors change, the aspirations of the people in the electoral districts will still be continued by new faces.

"What is feared is that the legislature will actually be cut off from the people, which they should represent their interests. In the end, this institution has only become a place for political and economic elites to benefit from accessing power," added Faiz.

In addition, the most important thing is to improve the quality of regeneration within political parties if the term of office of members of the DPR is limited. This is because the limitation of the term of office of DPR members is not necessarily directly proportional to the quality and performance of DPR members without being supported by the quality of regeneration.

"In fact, the regeneration in political parties is getting more pragmatic, the increasingly expensive political costs, the depolitization of the people, political parliament, and so on are still potentially continuing even though the term of office of members of the DPR and DPRD will be limited," concluded Faiz.

Previously, the indefinite term of office of a legislative member was sued by the politician from the United Development Party (PPP), Zainul Arifin. Through his attorney, Zainul has registered a lawsuit regarding the indefinite term of office of a legislative member to the Constitutional Court (MK), last Wednesday, October 23.

In the lawsuit, the applicant asks the Constitutional Court to create a new norm so that a person can become a member of the legislature at the same level for a maximum of two periods or the same as the executive executive institution.