JAKARTA - The National Awakening Party (PKB) considers the proposal to limit the term of office of the general chairman of a political party to a maximum of two periods does not necessarily guarantee a reduction in corruption practices.
Secretary General of the PKB DPP M. Hasanuddin Wahid said that the limitation of positions was not the main factor in suppressing corrupt behavior within the party.
"Restrictions do not guarantee that corrupt behavior can be minimized," said Hasanuddin, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 24.
According to him, what is more urgent is to strengthen the institutionalization of internal democratic mechanisms and a healthy meritocratic system in the political party.
"It is not a restriction on the period, but rather encourages all parties to have recruitment mechanisms and democratic election systems according to their respective characteristics," he said.
Previously, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) proposed limiting the term of office of the general chairman of political parties as part of efforts to prevent corruption.
The proposal emerged from the KPK's findings regarding the weakness of the party's kaderization system, which is considered to open the door to high political costs, including the practice of "mahar" to become cadres or candidates in elections.
In its study, the KPK also encouraged improvements to the kaderization system by grouping party members into young, middle, and main cadres.
In addition, the KPK proposed that candidates for DPR members come from the main cadres, while candidates for provincial DPRD members come from the middle cadres, in order to ensure a more tiered and quality political process.
The regulation on the term limit of the party's general chairman to a maximum of two periods is considered by the KPK as one of the instruments to support more accountable party governance.
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