Golkar: The Open Proportional System In The 2024 Election Is Still Relevant, If It's Closed, It's Actually Strengthening The Oligarchy

Member of Commission I DPR RI Dave Akbarshah Fikarno Laksono. BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Golkar Party DPP Dave Laksono, assessed that the open proportional system in the 2024 election is still relevant rather than returning to closed proportional, as proposed by KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari. The closed proportional, according to him, is a setback for democracy and has the opportunity to strengthen the oligarchy. "By pushing to be proportionally closed, this will strengthen the oligarchic system within the party, and will only give the party the power to determine who they want, not what society wants," Dave told reporters, Friday, December 30. "While in the democratic era elections, this must be prioritized is the right of the people's voice, the people's voice is the voice of God," he continued. This member of the DPR explained, in a closed proportional system, later the determination of legislative candidates at all levels will give high authority to political parties, not individual candidates. So that the public cannot oversee the performance of selected candidates. “ While this open proportionality gives the public the right to determine who the community wants to be its representative in parliament. This is also a tool for the public to assess or punish if there are representatives who don't work well, "explained Dave. Therefore, for Dave, the proportional system is still the best for the Indonesian nation. Because it provides the same opportunity so that they can be elected and also requires legislative members to work and be close to the people. "Don't let this obligation be lost just because of the wishes of the elite political parties who want to control the movement of the nation," said the Ketum Kosgoro 57. Dave assessed that if Indonesia returns to a closed proportional system, it is tantamount to betray the reform process and revoke people's rights. “In fact, revoking the rights that have been given to the people to be determined by a group of elites who will run the wheels of government without hearing purely the voice, will, and wishes of the people,” concluded Dave.