JAKARTA Legislative members should be present as the link between the voices of the people, not just the extension of political parties. This criticism has emerged following the many cases of party intervention which are considered to erode the meaning of people's sovereignty in parliament.
Analysis of the Indonesian Institute for Public Policy Study (IPPS), Husein Ibrahim said, when a cadre sits in the DPR, he should be free to voice the aspirations of the community. But according to him the situation is not like that.
"In fact, what exists now is the party's representative, not the people's representative," Husein said in a public discussion entitled 'Demanding the Role of Political Parties and the Implementation of People's Sovereignty' held by IPPS Indonesia in Jakarta, Monday, September 1, 2025.
Husein also highlighted the news of the inactiveness of two members of the DPR from the NasDem Party and one from Golkar after a wave of demonstrations a few days ago. According to him, the mechanism for dismissing should have gone through the DPR, not a party one-sided decision.
"It shows how much the party is more powerful than parliament. The House of Representatives has three main tasks: legislation, budget, and supervision. But it all loses meaning when DPR members are more afraid of the party's general chairman than the people who vote for him," Husein continued.
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Furthermore, Husein said that the legislative product in the era of President Joko Widodo was more in favor of the owners of capital than the wider community.
"If the aspirations of the people are really fought for, the people no longer need to take to the streets, let alone to the point of falling victim," he said.
As a comparison, he mentioned the figure of the late BJ Habibie who was able to lead the democratic transition without party intervention.
Habibie can make decisions against the elite because they are not bound by the party. That is proof that true leadership can be born from independence," he said.
So he hopes that President Prabowo Subianto will provide space for the DPR to truly become the people's house.
"Our hope is that the door to the DPR will no longer be locked. The great leader opens the space for dialogue, not closing it," said Husein.
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