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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD responded to several controversies about dynastic politics in the Pilkada 2020.
According to Mahfud, there is no law that regulates a family member of a public official not to run as a candidate for regional chief.
Mahfud said that the practice of nepotism or kinship cannot be avoided, even at Pilkada 2020 to be held on December 9.
“Maybe most of us don’t like nepotism. But we have to say that there is no legal or constitutional way that can prevent a person from running based on nepotism or even family system,” Mahfud said in a discussion. online about ‘Pilkada and the consolidation of local democracy’, Saturday (9/5/2020).
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Mahfud said this is true all over the world. He said that no other country has regulated the ban on the practice of kinship in politics.
He also said that the practice of kinship policy was not only destined to be bad.
“Previously in a Bangkalang district, people shouted: ‘I want to run because my brother ordered it wrong. Therefore, do not accuse me of being nepotic, but because my brother is not good, ‘”Mahfud said.
“So it is not certain that people with nepotism have bad intentions,” he said.
Mahfud said that one of the rules regarding the prohibition of nepotism that can be emulated is the regulation that was made during the Dutch era.
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At the time, he said, there was a rule that the family of officials carrying out a project could not get involved.
“It used to be in the Dutch era, hopefully someone here would suggest it to avoid nepotism in the economic sector,” Mahfud said.
“I believe that the law and the constitution cannot be obstructed everywhere. We cannot prohibit it. That is a fact,” he said.
The issue of dynastic politics came up alongside the advancement of several close relatives of officials on the Pilkada 2020 stage, including the family of President Joko Widodo.
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Note Kompas.comThere’s Gibran Rakabuming Raka who runs on Solo Pilkada and Bobby Afif Nasution who runs on Medan Pilkada.
Gibran is Jokowi’s eldest son, while Bobby is the president’s son-in-law.
Then, there is the name of Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo (Sara) who is the nephew of the President General of Gerindra and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. Sara will run as a candidate for Deputy Mayor of South Tangerang.
There is also Siti Nur Azizah Ma’ruf, daughter of Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. Azizah will advance as a candidate for mayor of South Tangerang.
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Kompas Research and Development notes that so far there are no regulations that specifically prohibit or restrict the politics of this dynasty.
One of the rules that has been made is article 7 of Law Number 8 of 2015 on Pilkada on the prohibition of candidates for regional chiefs who have relatives with the owner.
Before its cancellation, that article prohibited figures that were related by blood, marital ties and / or lineage on a level up, down and to the sides of the holder, namely father, mother, in-laws, uncles, aunts , brothers, sisters, brother-in-law, son-in-law. They can move forward after passing the lull of a mandate.
This article was annulled by the Constitutional Court (MK) because it was considered that it limited the political rights of citizens to be elected as regional chiefs.
With the existence of the Constitutional Court decision, both candidates for regional head and candidates for deputy regional head who have close relations with the incumbent can advance in the regional elections without having to wait a period of time after the incumbent has failed. perform.
