KPK Explains the Reason for Proposing Political Parties to Carry Out the Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates from Their Own Kader

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the proposal of political parties to carry the prospective president and vice president and prospective regional heads from party cadres aims to strengthen the cadre system.

Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK, Aminuddin, said that the study from the KPK Monitoring Directorate was intended so that the party could know the quality of the candidate being carried.

"Ideally, the party's proposal to become public officials is the party's cadre so that the purpose of party cadre is to form qualified leaders and their track record is known by the carrying party," Aminuddin told VOI, quoted on Saturday, April 24.

While asked about the proposal, which has both pros and cons, Aminuddin did not answer further. He only emphasized that the condition was very normal but the goal was actually good.

"Yes, there will be pros and cons, but the purpose of the study recommendation is for something better," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK released the results of the Monitoring Directorate's study. One of them is related to the proposed revision of Law Number 2 of 2011 concerning Political Parties.

In its study, the KPK Monitoring Directorate proposed requirements for prospective candidates for president/vice president/regional head/vice regional head other than democratic and open, adding clauses derived from the party's kaderisasi system.

In addition, the KPK also added the requirement for a minimum time limit to join a party to be nominated by a party.

Not stopping there, the KPK proposed limiting the term of office of the general chairman of political parties to a maximum of two periods. This step is to ensure that kaderisasi runs healthy and prevent the concentration of power in the party's body.

"To ensure the running of kaderisasi, it is necessary to regulate the limit of the party's general chairman's leadership to a maximum of 2 periods of the management period," he quoted from the attachment of the 2025 KPK Annual Report.