Appointing Amien Rais' Son-in-Law To Be Chair Of The Ummah Party, Is It Just A Formality?

Ummat Party Declaration (Youtube Amien Rais)

JAKARTA - Political observer from Al Azhar University Indonesia Andriadi Achmad believes that dynastic parties will not occur in the Ummat Party. The reason is that although the chairman of the Syuro Council is Amien Rais, the general chairman of the Ummat Party, Ridho Rahmadi, is a son-in-law, not a biological son.

"Ridho Rahmadi is the son-in-law of Amien Rais, chairman of the Shuro council. Actually there is confusion but it is not too prominent. Because Ridho Rahmadi is not a real child," Andriadi told VOI, Friday, April 30.

According to him, things are different if Ridho is a biological child. So, Andriadi continued, it could be called dynastic politics because it was controlled by a family which was believed to make the party's journey not smooth.

"If Hanafi Rais becomes ketum maybe a little rubbed, it means 'dynastic party too'. But this is a son-in-law even though there is a relationship but not a biological child," he explained.

Andriadi actually assessed that Ridho's appointment as general chairman was only an administrative formality to register the party with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Like the NasDem Party when it was first established.

"I think like this, it's the same as Nasdem. Patrice Rio Capella used to be, but after a year later he was returned to Surya Paloh. This means that now it can be filled with administration first and then a year and two years. Anyway, first pass the administration, yes it could be," said Andriadi. .

Previously, the Deputy General of the Ummat Agung Mozin Party, the Syuro Council could at any time replace the general chairman of the DPP. This is because the highest authority rests with the assembly.

However Andriadi suspects that a strong national figure will be a surprise in the Ummat Party. Later, it was the naughty figure who was asked to become the leader of the political party and even the presidential candidate from the party bearing the shield and gold star.

"The possibility could be a figure who became, Gatot Nurmantyo, Din Syamsudin or Anies Baswedan. But in the meantime to smooth the administration, it could be (Ridho Rahmadi, ed)," he said.

Previously, a politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN) Guspardi Gaus insinuated that the Ummat Party, which Amien Rais had just declared, was practicing oligarchy.

The reason is that Amien Rais is the chairman of the Syuro Council on the party's body bearing the golden star shield. Meanwhile, the general chairman was his own son-in-law, Ridho Rahmadi.

"The public will judge whether the practice of the oligarchy or the parties formed in the royal system has applied to the Ummat Party. Of course the people are smart, we invite the public to judge," said Guspardi, Friday, April 30.