Indonesia's Democracy Index Ranks Up, PKS Appreciates While Criticizes: Society Is Still Divided, Government Doesn't Embrace

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JAKARTA - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) appreciates Indonesia's democracy index score, which has risen from 64 to 52, referring to data released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Because, the score is still far from a good number.

"It is certainly appreciated, but the condition is still categorized as flawed democracy. There are still a lot of homework. The 6.71 figure out of a maximum of 10 is still far from expectations," said Mardani to reporters, Tuesday, February 15.

Homework (PR) for Indonesia, according to Mardani, is to eradicate money politics. He said this was important in improving the quality of democracy.

"The big homework is to build quality and substantive democracy. There is no money politics and rational public participation," he said.

The member of Commission II of the DPR also assessed that the people's aspirations had not been smooth and fair because there were still divisions due to the election.

"After the election, the government did not embrace the masses of counter-winners. Until divisions in society still occur," he said.

In addition, Mardani added, democracy in Indonesia has not yet produced quality leaders. The leadership, he said, had an impact on the welfare of the community.

"(PR) is a lot and serious, because our democracy has not produced quality leaders who will prosper the people," he concluded.

It is known, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) democracy index report in February showed that Indonesia was included in the 10 most developed countries in increasing the democracy index. This index has a score scale from 0 to 10. Meanwhile, Indonesia is now ranked 52 out of 167 countries with a score of 6.71. This ranking is up from the previous rank 64. However, Indonesia is still below Malaysia, which is ranked 39th with a score of 7.24.

In addition, Indonesia is included in the category of 10 countries with the most advanced achievements in the democracy index. The other 9 countries are Zambia, Qatar, Moldova, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Montenegro, Guyana, Uruguay, UAE and Singapore.

However, Indonesia is still in the category of flawed democracy (flawed democracy).