Prabowo Concerning Political Parties Is Less Trusted: PR For Cadres And Leaders

Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto gave an online direction on the consolidation activities of Gerindra Party cadres in North Jakarta, Sunday (25/6/2023). (ANTARA/Fauzi Lamboka)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party DPP Prabowo Subianto assessed that the views of political parties (political parties) are not trusted by the public, being homework (PR) for cadres and leaders of political parties.

According to Prabowo, the improvement is not only in political parties, but also in the political system in Indonesia as a whole.

"This is our homework together, PR, because democracy is implemented, people's sovereignty is carried out through political parties. So if political parties are now less trusted by the people, this is a challenge and homework for the leaders of political parties and cadres of political parties to improve this," Prabowo Subianto said in response to Najwa Shihab's question in an interview session reported by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

He said the existence of political parties is still important in the practice of democracy in Indonesia considering the population of more than 270 million people and their vast territory.

"It is impossible for us more than 100 million people to gather to make decisions, (it) must be represented. Now this representative is screened through an organization called a political party," said Prabowo.

He explained that improving the quality of political parties depends on the figure of the leader or chairman of the party.

"It's back to quality leadership and quality education, education (general chairman of the party). So, our leaders must be well educated, but we also have to study the political system. Frankly, in my opinion, the democracy that we are implementing is too expensive for political costs," said the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party.

Prabowo said that in several countries, for example the UK, each candidate for parliamentary member who ran may only spend around IDR 710 million from his personal money.

Meanwhile in Indonesia, the political costs are more than that.

"This means that our political system does not bring this country forward, great, prosperous, but can damage this country itself. Therefore, we must have the courage to study. Later there must be all leaders, all stakeholders, political parties, community organizations, religious leaders, intellectual figures. all must sit down to study, and how we want to fix it, "said Prabowo.

Apart from that, Prabowo showed his belief that political parties must still be maintained in the democratic system and the political system in Indonesia, even though several party cadres have been involved in corruption cases.

"There is a successful regeneration, there is a failed regeneration. We don't all graduate from school with the cum laude. Some pass with only the average (value). Some don't even pass, but if those who don't pass or say there are violations, some are plagiarized, there are yangontek and so on, it doesn't mean that education must be closed. We fix the system, regeneration is improved, the selection is improved," said Prabowo Subianto.

The Public Opinion and Policy Research Center in its survey results for the period June 2023 shows political parties occupying 10th or lowest place for institutions that are trusted by the public.

The majority of respondents, namely 85.7 percent of the 1,200 people, trusted the TNI the most, while for political parties only 59.3 percent of respondents.