Abstract
This article examines the Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB) in terms of discussing environmental issues and their manifestations. In 2005, the party declared itself as the Green Party. Therefore, we examine the existence of environmental issues in the party’s vision and mission and the discourse presented by the party elite as well as how the manifestations in the realm of practical politics can be cross-checked on policies or legislation initiated and / or approved by the party elite. In investigating this problem, we use the Political Party Institutionalization theory formulated by Randall and Svasand and operationalize it in the perspective of environmental politics. The methodology used by the author’s team is descriptive qualitative. This type of method helps in analyzing descriptive data on the subject matter in this study. As a result, this paper reveals that PKB’s discourse and behavior tends to be half-hearted in institutionalizing it as a green party.
Highlights
In many cases, there are many cases where the state neglects environmental welfare in order to achieve economic prosperity, such as development to market capitalism which results in the destruction of the environment in which humans live
There are many cases where the state neglects environmental welfare in order to achieve economic prosperity, such as development to market capitalism which results in the destruction of the environment in which humans live. This happens in Indonesia, there are many cases of development that neglect environmental sustainability, one of which is the case regarding the construction of a pulp factory in North Sumatra
Mayrudin [28] emphasized that the Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB) classification is still included in the category of Islamic parties because the main basis comes from NU and based on its distinctive religious values, namely Divinity and Ahlussunnah wal Jama'ah which are contained in the party's statutes
Summary
There are many cases where the state neglects environmental welfare in order to achieve economic prosperity, such as development to market capitalism which results in the destruction of the environment in which humans live. As in October 1988, WALHI (Forum for the Environment of Indonesia) filed a complaint against the Government of the Republic of Indonesia before the Jakarta Central District Court on the grounds that it had issued a permit to establish a pulp mill and a concession for forest exploitation in Sibatuloting, North Sumatra, without regard to establishing legislative procedures for environmental impact management and assessment, resulting in forest destruction in Sibatuloting and landslides around the area. PKB's commitment to making green politics as a political attitude and agenda is very interesting to analyze with this modified framework so that this research has its uniqueness and urgency in developing issues and theories
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