Indicator Survey: The Number Of Public Confidence In The TNI Outperforms The President, The Lowest Political Party

TNI troops. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey Institute released a poll on public trust in state institutions or institutions.

As head of state, the President does not occupy the highest position in the number of public trust. The President is in the second position, which is lower than the TNI. This position has been stagnant since September 2017 until now.

"The TNI is the most trusted institution, then the President," said Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi in a survey presentation, Sunday, April 3.

Currently, 93 percent of the public admit to trusting the TNI, 6 percent have little faith, 1 percent do not believe it, and 1 percent do not answer. Meanwhile, 85 percent of the public believe in the President, 12 percent have little faith, 2 percent do not believe it, and 1 percent do not answer.

The next institution is the Supreme Court with a confidence level of 79 percent, the Constitutional Court 78 percent, the National Police 76 percent, the courts 74 percent, the KPK 74 percent, the prosecutor's office 74 percent, the MPR 67 percent, the DPD 65 percent, the DPR 61 percent, and finally political parties 54 percent. .

Burhanuddin views that the low level of public trust in political parties is one of the reasons for the decline in democratic mechanisms within political parties.

“Compared to other institutions, political parties are lower. Why? Indeed, political parties' democratic mechanisms are the most crucial because in a democracy, political parties are expected to voice public aspirations, compared to the beginning of the reform, they were high, but recently they have decreased, this is nothing new, he explained.

From this condition, Burhan emphasized that there are serious problems within the political parties. Therefore, the survey findings regarding low public trust, according to Burhan, need to be an introspection for political parties in the DPR and DPD.

"So, there are high expectations for political parties but the party elite cannot run it. Therefore, political parties are our face,” said Burhan.

For information, this survey was conducted on 11-21 February 2022. The population of this survey is Indonesian citizens who have the right to vote in general elections, namely those who are 17 years old or older, or were married when the survey was conducted.

The survey was conducted using a multistage random sampling method using a base sample of 1,200 people. The survey's margin of error is estimated at 2.9 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.