Didik Rachbini The value of volunteers is only a supplement to democracy
Jakarta – Rector of the University of Paramadina, Didik J Rachbini, gave his view of volunteers in the democratic system. Didik emphasizes the phenomenon of volunteers who distorted democracy. “Volunteers as part of the general election campaign process are supplemental parts and are not too important in democracy. The modern era campaign methods are more civilized with technology, television, various ways of advertising and social media. In modern democracy, such as legislative elections in Japan and only dominant campaigns by posters in ordinary and limited places. Browse to continue the content, Didik said that after the general election process was completed, the president was elected, the elements of the formal democracy that were supposed to work. The government based on the Constitution runs with its pillars, both the executive government, the legislative parliament and the judicial legal institution. “The balance of these three institutions is a model and system practiced in the execution of modern democracy and legal power on the basis of the Constitution. If there is other power that becomes the shadow to go to this system and participate in power, the democratic system is damaged, as has so far happened,” he said. “There are no more elements and extra-democratic institutions plugged into the system and work to print formal institutions that already exist. The interaction of the elected president with an extra-democratic institution is predominant because there is a history of the choice of residents who have been highlighted of this voluntary political resource. “He said. According to Didik, political volunteers will continue to turn on lately and go to the leadership of President Prabowo Subianto. He suggested that Prabowo does not accept the volunteer offer to join. must be transferred to volunteers who work in government so far. We must criticize volunteers in the Jokowi government so far. said. “If voluntary organization is turned on in government, this organization will become an extra entity, under the mat. The role of it is like a pest, which damages the system and does not have to exist in the government of Prabowo so far not to contract the disease of democracy. Didik then suggested that project form political parties. Because Project has an extensive network, according to him, “Because the network must support a project by making a party, which is a democter, and that it must be by the Constitution, Project should not be a reasons and not a reasons and that it is not a demoker. of democracy will repeat from the inside, “Didik said. Also watch the video “Here in the Brazilian Netizen of the Climbing Juliana Marins evacuation team”: Didik said the volunteers lived in the Jokowi era for ten years. Jokowi government, these volunteers have continued to live and function politically and have become a permanent political entity for ten years. They did not have legal legitimacy or constitutional mandate, but performed political functions and power because they controlled access to the president. Not only that, volunteers have influenced decision -making and even participated in regulating the distribution of political resources and public positions, “Didik hopes that the Prabowo government is free from the volunteers. Jokowi has been carried out, working with an outdoor stating organization on the power system that should no longer exist in the current government because it is very deadly and damaged. (Lir/Fig)