JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian said Article 18 paragraph (4) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD 45) opened up opportunities for regional heads to be elected by the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD).
Tito explained that Article 18 paragraph (4) of the 1945 Constitution does not specifically regulate the regional head being directly elected.
"I'm just talking about the rules. When we talk about the rules, we'll see Article 18 paragraph (4) of the Constitution. That's the key there. The key, in terms of regional head elections, is only regulated in one article," said Minister of Home Affairs Tito as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 29.
Article 18 paragraph (4) of the 1945 Constitution stipulates: "Governors, regents, and mayors respectively as heads of provincial, district and city governments are elected democratically".
According to Tito, the word listed in the article is "democratic", which means that regional head elections do not have to be carried out directly.
"Demokratism means closing opportunities to be appointed, but if you want to be appointed, you can also do amendments to the 1945 Constitution. However, the article is said to be democratic. It does not mean that it can only be directly interpreted, it can also be through representatives. Representative democracy, yes, it can be DPRD. There are a lot of practices like this," said Tito.
The Minister of Home Affairs gave an example of the election of heads of government/regional heads by parliament, for example in Commonwealth countries, the prime minister was not directly elected, but was elected by lawmakers.
"For example,commonwealth countries, to choose a prime minister are not directly elected, but (which) chooses (it is) a member of the DPRD, a member of the DPRD, a DPR. After that, members of the DPR, a coalition will be formed, then they will vote. The coalition will choose, appoint, or choose a prime minister. That's normal, "continued Tito.
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President Prabowo Subianto on December 12, 2024, also mentioned the high cost of holding direct regional head elections, while in several regional head countries were elected by the DPRD.
Muhaimin Iskandar, one of the coordinating ministers of the Red and White Cabinet as well as the general chairman of the political party supporting the government, had proposed openly to President Prabowo that regional heads be elected by the DPRD or appointed by the central government.
"This is quite a challenging proposal because many have refused, but PKB is determined. The goal is one, the effectiveness and acceleration of development without twists and turns in one stage of democracy," said Muhaimin.
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