Indicator Survey: Political Parties Become Institutions With The Lowest Level Of Public Trust

Illustration of a political party (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey Institute has released a poll on public confidence in state institutions or institutions. As a result, political parties become institutions with the lowest level of trust from other institutions.

Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi said political parties were ranked 12th out of 12 institutions. A total of 54 percent of the public believed, 32 percent believed it a little, 10 percent believed it, and 3 percent did not answer.

Burhanuddin views that the low level of public trust in political parties is one of the reasons for the decline in democratic mechanisms within political parties.

“Compared to other institutions, political parties are lower. Why? Indeed, political parties' democratic mechanism is the most crucial because in a democracy, political parties are expected to voice public aspirations, compared to the beginning of reform, they were high, but recently they have decreased, this is nothing new," said Burhan in a virtual survey presentation, Sunday, April 3.

From this condition, Burhan emphasized that there are serious problems within the political parties. Therefore, the survey findings regarding low public trust, according to Burhan, need to be an introspection for political parties in the DPR and DPD.

"So, there are high expectations for political parties but the party elite cannot run it. Therefore, political parties are our face,” said Burhan.

Meanwhile, the institution with the highest level of public trust is the TNI with 93 percent of respondents who believe it. The second position is the President with a confidence level of 85 percent.

Followed by the Supreme Court with a confidence level of 79 percent, the Constitutional Court 78 percent, the National Police 76 percent, the courts 74 percent, the KPK 74 percent, the prosecutor's office 74 percent, the MPR 67 percent, the DPD 65 percent, the DPR 61 percent, and finally the political parties 54 percent.

For information, this survey was conducted on 11-21 February 2022. The population of this survey is Indonesian citizens who have the right to vote in general elections, namely those who are 17 years old or older, or were married when the survey was conducted.

The survey was conducted using a multistage random sampling method using a base sample of 1,200 people. The survey's margin of error is estimated at 2.9 percent at the 95 percent confidence level