Messages For Young DPR Members From Seniors: Frequent Blusukan And Many Reads

BPMI

JAKARTA - The number of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the period 2024-2029 from among the younger generation is one of the benefits of the current demographic bonus in Indonesia. This is a message from seniors to junior members of the millennial and Gen DPRs.

"You now have a big responsibility towards the people of Indonesia. Show that the younger generation is much more progressive, much more heartful for the people," said Daniel Johan, Tuesday, October 8.

The 3rd member of the DPR also hopes that the younger generation can voice the interests of the community from parliamentary seats, more than senior members of the DPR. The reason, said Daniel, is that the younger generation has an out-of-the-box mindset so that they can provide solutions to the country's problems better.

"It is much more able to voice what is in the interest of the community than the older generation," said the legislator from the West Kalimantan I electoral district.

As a politician who first entered politics, Daniel advised the younger generation to read a lot and go to the community. By diligently reading, the doctor of agricultural science from ITB University assesses that young DPR members will have more knowledge that can be the capital to solve various problems of the nation.

"We certainly support young DPR members, that's why it is very important to be diligent in reading, diligently move to the community so that they know what the people are facing. That is a very important provision," Daniel said.

In line with Daniel, Member of the Indonesian Parliament Arzeti Bilbina sees that many young people in parliamentary seats will increase the benefits of the DPR. Because young people are a generation that is technology literate so that they can support the work of the diversity.

"The DPR is indeed the home of the people, the millennial generation they are the intelligent generation who is technology literate is needed by the DPR. We need children who have technological intelligence," said Arzeti on a different occasion.

The woman, who previously served in Commission IX of the DPR, said that the presence of young people would complement the parliament. Arzeti also appreciated and supported the commitment of the young politicians who stated that they were ready to work for the welfare of the community.

"So this is a cap and a bottle (senior and junior in the DPR), and we appreciate that. The DPR is also a forum for the younger generation," said the legislator from the East Java I electoral district.

One of the young people in the Indonesian House of Representatives is Annisa MA Mahesa, who is the youngest member of the DPR for the 2024-2029 period. Previously, she said she would not be afraid to serve the people in parliament even though she was 23 years old and had not had much experience in the political world.

Annisa, who is familiarly called Icha, also stated that she was not worried about being underestimated by her position as Gen Z. Icha, who qualified for Senayan from the Banten II electoral district, emphasized that he would prove that the younger generation could work well.

"Just do it, we have to be agents of change. It's not a promise to play games, especially as a young generation. Maybe people underestimate, it's okay, we prove it," said Annisa after being appointed as a member of the DPR.

Meanwhile, Jamaludin Malik, who came to his inauguration ceremony as a member of the DPR with Ultraman costumes, stated that he took advantage of the social media platform that is closely related to the younger generation when providing socialization of his programs. By taking advantage of technological advances, he hopes that the issue of his struggle will be easier to reach the younger generation.

"We are young people, we have creativity, we continue to campaign with social media, when I campaigned I could watch 50 million people. Maybe success in social media made it easier for me to get 120,000 votes," said Jamaludin.