Internal Political Parties Research Articles

Narrating Recruitment Model for Legislator Candidates: Is It Fair?

This research analyzes the problems of democratic and aspirational recruitment models and mechanisms for legislative candidates by political parties, aiming at formulating cadre-based recruitment arrangements that best represent democratic ideals. Using normative legal, conceptual, statutory and comparative approaches, this article argues that there are two principal recruitment problems. First, legal arrangement pertaining to methods, procedures, and requirements for the recruitment is generally absent from the statutory regulations. Second, the internal process of decision-making within the political party is generally undemocratic, owing partly to the pragmatism and power-oriented calculation of the elites within the party. Recommendation for ideal recruitment arrangements is thus proposed to ameliorate these problems. Among others, the recruitment by political parties must consider aspects of representativeness, ideological consistency, internal political party flow, development of career path-based cadre systems, and quota fulfillment. Additionally, political party cadre needs training to boost their skills in carrying out main duties and functions as a member of the Board People's Representatives

Bawaslu's Authority to Resolve Disputes on Elected Candidates Internal to Political Parties in the 2024 Legislative Election

The open proportional system used in the 2024 Legislative Election with the determination of elected legislative candidates within political parties based on the majority of votes has resulted in disputes over elected candidates within political parties. This research aims to determine the provisions governing procedures for resolving disputes between internal political party candidates and institutions authorized to resolve disputes. The research method used is normative with descriptive analysis looking at Bawaslu's authority in resolving cases based on reports from fellow legislative candidate members within the party. The authority to determine elected candidates as legislative members is in the hands of the KPU/KPUD in stages. Thus, political parties cannot intervene in this authority in any form. The research results found that Bawaslu as the institution responsible for supervising the stages or process of elections as attributed to the Election Law, should be able to handle or resolve disputes between internal legislative candidates of political parties because it is explicitly stated in the academic text of Law no. 7 of 2017 that Bawaslu received and reviewed reports regarding alleged violations of Election Administration Provisions because disputes over elected candidates within political parties were included in the election dispute regime and not the political party dispute regime. The conclusion of this research is that this type of dispute can occur in the election process, especially in the process of determining elected legislative candidates by the KPU, provincial KPU, district/city KPU.

The role of the judiciary in the resolution of intra-party conflicts in Lesotho

Political parties play an integral role in modern democracies and are legitimate platforms of contestation for state power. Despite the vital role that political parties play in democratisation, they are often prone to internal disputes. Their internal processes, such as conferences, elections, decision-making and deployments, are often subject to contestation. Conflicts are inherent in political contestation in general and in political parties, in particular. Hence, political parties have several mechanisms for dispute resolution, one of which is the referral of disputes to the courts of law. The role of the courts in internal political party disputes is a double-edged sword. While a court provides an independent platform for resolving disputes, it lacks reconciliatory attributes. After court intervention, many political parties often break up into smaller parties or experience major defections. This phenomenon is more pronounced in Lesotho than elsewhere. Ever since the return to electoral democracy in 1993, the role of the courts in internal party disputes has increased phenomenally. However, instead of achieving cohesion and internal stability, political parties have experienced splits, exacerbated conflicts or significant defections after the referral of their internal disputes to the courts.

Revitalizing Political Parties in Indonesia: Dissecting Patronage-Clientelism Dynamics vis-à-vis Political Representation

Abstract: This paper discusses and describes the patron-client phenomenon within political parties. One of the reasons why patron-client relations persist in political parties is that the interests of the political elite are veiled and do not prioritize the dynamic aspects of democratization of political parties as a forum for people's representation. The method used in this study is a normative juridical research method using a statutory and conceptual approach and presented in a formal way qualitative descriptive prescriptive. Data was collected using the interview method, the researcher interacted with informants who were flexible and open to obtain the data needed in this paper. The theory used in this paper is the general patron-client theory, which has developed and is influenced by the political culture within the internal political parties. The results of this study indicate that the patron-client relationship between political parties and cadres is good in the aspects of party elites and candidates legislature. Regional head candidates that occur give rise to a reciprocal relationship which has implications for the non-occurrence of democratization schemes and principles within political parties as a forum for people's representation that will fill public positions. The patron-client phenomenon includes, among other things, personal gifts, interests that are family interest or morphological and have the nuances of money interest. Purpose: To find out the forms of patron-client practices within political parties and society that give rise to reciprocal relationships that impact political polarization of representation that does not work well and is far from the principle of political party cadres as a representation of the people's will. as well as finding ideal concepts related to patterns of relations between parties, both relations between cadres, political parties and society in general. Design/Methodology/Approach: Normative juridical using the statute and conceptual approaches. Findings: The patron-client phenomenon can be caused by a lack of awareness and political education, as well as inconsistency and inadequate performance within political parties, both at the institutional level and among members of the legislature and executive. Originality/Value: Examining patronage-clientalism within the context of political parties has received limited scholarly attention. The topic of voting behaviour during general elections often revolves around patronage-clientelism. However, this study specifically examines the phenomenon of patronage-clientelism within political parties and its implications for political corruption.

Do Household Political Campaign Signs Help Win Vote Share?

AbstractCanadian election campaigns often see a proliferation of political signs at the start of an election, but are they worth the effort? We examined official results at the poll level (N = 785) from elections agencies and the quantities of household signs recorded in internal political party databases (Green Parties of Canada, Manitoba, and Ontario). Overall, the results suggest that the use of household signs is an effective form of political campaigning in Canada for nongoverning parties. Analyses suggest that every sign placed per 100 registered electors is associated with an increase of 0.5–1.5 per cent vote share. The presence of household signs was associated with an increase of 1.5–3.4 per cent vote share. Further, preliminary evidence also suggests a possible diminishing returns trend: the per-sign rate of increase in vote share may slow down at higher densities. We discuss the implications of the results, including the possible curvilinear trend.

Optimizing the role of political party courts in resolving internal political party disputes

The purpose of this study is to provide suggestions for new legal concepts, to optimize the role of the Political Party Court, using normative juridical law research methods and approaches to laws, cases, and comparative law approaches. The mechanism for resolving internal disputes within political parties is regulated in Article 32 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 2011 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 2008 about Political Parties (Political Parties Law), which states that it can be done through the Court of Political Parties. Furthermore, Article 33 of the UUPP can submit the settlement mechanism through a lawsuit to the District Court and the Supreme Court. The legal fact is that from several internal political party dispute cases, the settlement process is not only done through these two methods. However, someone suddenly created a rival Extraordinary Congress, seeking legal tendencies at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia to file a lawsuit with the State Administrative Court. So it is necessary to have a new legal concept to optimize the role of the Political Party Court and a one-door mechanism for resolving internal disputes of political parties.How to cite item: Anggriawan, F. Amrulla, M.F., Lailawati, F.D., (2022). Optimizing the role of political party courts in resolving internal political party disputes. Jurnal Cakrawala Hukum, 13(2). 145-153. doi:10.26905/idjch.v13i2.7962.

ANALISIS KEKUATAN DEMOKRASI DALAM ERA KOALISI KABINET PASCA REFORMASI 1998 DI INDONESIA

This study is motivated by an analysis of the reality of the multi-party presidential system which is the main aspect of the way back in the governance system in Indonesia, starting from the old order until the reform era in 1998, the plurality structure of the party became a forerunner to the survival of the coalition in the formulation of the Indonesian government cabinet. Consideration that is the prospect of seizing seats in the cabinet coalition is usually focused on the opportunity structure (strategy entry), where the strategy entry refers to the calculation of three important considerations that are political calculations, namely the cost of entering the arena (cost of entry), various benefits (benefits of office), and the possibility of obtaining support from voters (probably of receiving electoral support). In the target of realizing the political goals of the coalition parties, the main approach taken is to develop mutual benefits, namely the benefits of enjoying power. So that in formulating indicators of the success of a democratic country, this study also presents a comparison related to the implementation of a presidential government system in the United States and a parliamentary government system in the United Kingdom that has resulted in a democratic and stable government, as well as realizing a multi-party presidential system as a whole and optimizing dual functions businessman in internal political parties.

Elite Conflict On Power Contestation Of Internal Political Party

Elite Conflict On Power Contestation Of Internal Political Party

The desire of power: Candidate ambiguity and incumbent monopoly in local leaders’ election

This study explores and discusses the phenomenon of a single candidate in the local leaders’ election or Pemilihan Kepala Daerah (Pilkada) in Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province, in 2018. The study is motivated by the phenomenon of a single candidate in the local leaders’ election. In Deli Serdang, the local leaders’ election should have a multi-candidate pattern, either independent or 3-4 political party candidates. This study has focused on the mechanism of the emergence of a single candidate. According to Dahl, the theoretical approach is the candidacy mechanism, and according to Norris, the significance of the right to vote. The study was conducted qualitatively with an ongoing explorative, independent, and case-oriented study approach. The data collected through in-depth interviews with nine key informants consisting of the Political Party Branch Management Board or Dewan Pimpinan Cabang (DPC), the General Elections Commission or Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU), the Election Supervisory Committee or Panitia Pengawas Pemilihan (Panwaslih), independent, failed, and incumbent candidates. The sixteen secondary informants consisted of eight voting behaviors and eight non-voting behaviors randomly selected and interviewed to determine their perception of a single candidate. The study found that a single candidate is the logical consequence of ambiguity in an internal political party candidacy. The study’s novelty is the exclusion of incumbent ruling candidates incentivizing a political party monopoly to ensure victory in contestation. The study concluded that the dysfunction of the candidacy and exclusion in power has implications for a single candidate in the local leaders’ election. Contestation with a single candidate’s presence is an uncontested election, and it is contrary to the theoretical paradigm referred to in this study.

ANALISIS TEMUAN BERULANG PADA PEMERIKSAAN BANTUAN KEUANGAN DEWAN PIMPINAN DAERAH PARTAI POLITIK PROVINSI DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

ABSTRACT This research was to analyze the causes of the repeated findings and their preventive solutions in the audit of the public funding of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) of the political parties in the Province of Yogyakarta Special Region. It was a qualitative research with a case study design conducted in four DPDs receiving the largest public funding from 2011 to 2016. Data were collected through document analyses and interviews. Twelve participants interviewed were the representatives of three parties, namely compilers, examiners, and users of the public funding audit system.This research also applied the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) internal control framework and the State Financial Audit Standards (SPKN) of 2017 for the analysis. The analysis showed three causes of repeated findings in the audit; they were weak internal control of political parties, weak audit, and non optimal role of the National Unity and Political Body. Preventive solutions to be made are for improving internal control, improving regulations, and optimizing coordination among parties. The results indicate that improvements should not be done only within the internal political parties but also around the external factors.

The Officer Compliance of Interlocutory Decisions of The Administrative Court (The Study of Golkar Party and Persatuan Pembangunan Party)

This study aims to examine and find out how to determine the postponement of the State Administrative Court related to Political Parties, as well as to evaluate the Government's compliance with the Court's Decision even though the decision was in the form of a decision. The focus of this research is related to the government's attitude towards the determination of the delay issued by the Jakarta Administrative Court to the Decree of the Minister of Law and Human Rights related to the management of the United Development Party and the Golkar Party. The research method in this article is normative juridical using the legislative approach and looking at case studies in the United Development Party and the Golkar Party. The conclusion in this article is that the adjournment of the administrative court adjournment is not effective, especially those related to internal political party disputes.

Eksistensi Mahkamah Partai Politik dalam Menyelesaikan Perselisihan Internal Partai Politik

The purpose of this study was to analyze the existence of political party courts in resolving internal political party disputes under the provisions of Law Number 2 of 2011 concerning Amendments to Political Party Laws. This study used a juridical-normative method with a statute approach. The results of the study indicated that the mechanism for resolving internal political party disputes was carried out through political party courts. If the settlement through the political party court mechanism could not be reached, the settlement of political party disputes was carried out through the district court and could be continued with the submission of an appeal to the Supreme Court. The existence of the political party court in resolving political party disputes was evident in the authority of the political party court in regulating, managing and deciding internal political party problems with the power of decisions that were final and internally binding.

The role of media language in creating coexistence in conflict society

Language in most societies is a key role in creating coexistence, peace, social and security. However, this can only happen when the language is taken as an important part of the constitution and the law of that country, which have to be constituted as a way of beginning for coexistence. Furthermore, at the same time the education system and the media have also to be put to serve and create a suitable language for coexistence. The opposite is also true, where language is an identity; it is a way of dialogue, word or a term that are used. It is misunderstanding between some people in some societies that language has become a source for the mayhem, conflicts, economic crisis and the disruption of national and social security especially in those countries and societies that are passing through the transition stages. Which is also multinational, multilingual, multi faith, multi ethnic? In addition to this they also have a historical background in conflicts and war. The Kurdistan region is a newly developing region that has a diverse population and has had a historical past in continuous conflicts and war between the internal political parties. As well as this the presence of a political media system in the country has been a part of the conflicts in which has made the media language a huge reason for the distancing of the parties and the further deepening of the conflicts. That is why this research investigates the importance and role of the media language of its responsibility of creating coexists, the Kurdish channel in the Kurdistan region taken it as an example ,by using a survey method.

AKUNTABILITAS DAN TRANSPARANSI PADA LAPORAN KEUANGAN PARTAI (Studi Kasus pada Kantor DPD Partai Demokrat Provinsi Jawa Timur)

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan memaknai akuntabilitas dan transparansi pada laporan keuangan DPD partai Demokrat Provinsi Jawa Timur yang terdiri dari laporan keuangan internal, laporan dana kampanye dan laporan bantuan politik serta implementasi AD dan ART partai Demokrat Provinsi Jawa Timur. Obyek yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah kantor DPD partai Demokrat Provinsi Jawa Timur dengan metode penelitian kualitatif interpretif dengan etnometodologi sebagai pendekatan, terdapat empat informan yang ada dalam penelitian dengan menggunakan metode penelitian wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi serta menggunakan teknik analisis data yang dimulai dari reduksi data, display data dan verifikasi atau menarik kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa laporan keuangan internal sudah memenuhi akuntabilitas kepada internal partai politik namun belum transparansi untuk publik, laporan dana kampanye sudah memenuhi akuntabilitas dan transparansi, laporan bantuan politik sudah memenuhi akuntabilitas namun belum transparansi untuk publik, dan implementasi AD dan ART DPD partai Demokrat Provinsi Jawa Timur sudah diimplementasikan dengan baik.

The Existence of Party Court in Completing the Internal Disputes of Political Parties in Indonesia (A Case Study of Persatuan Pembangunan Party)

Abstract According to Law Number 2 of 2011, “Any internal conflict inherent a political party, is resolved by that party’s internal organ known as the Internal Dispute Settlement Committee. But unfortunately, not all internal conflicts were ironed out, just as what happened to Persatuan Pembangunan Party. Based on the results of the current study, several factors could be identified to influence the resolution of internal political party disputes, including 1). the inability of the disputed internal party to pay heed to the decision of the Party Court. 2). the government violation of the decision made by the Party Court with biased interference. 3). There is doubtful neutrality considering the membership of the Party Court who comes from internal political parties. 4). Not considering the Party Court's decision while adjudicating disputes over the management of political parties.Keywords: Party Court, Decision, Final.

India's socio-economic and political engagement in Afghanistan

The study focused on India's Socio-economic and Political engagement in Afghanistan. The study is descriptive in nature. It aims to analyze Indian foreign policy for Afghanistan and to find out the reasons behind India's vast engagement in Afghanistan. The study argues that India's engagement in Afghanistan is prioritized in Indian political context in order to play an influential role in the region. This study also explores India's aims of economic interests and access to the Eurasian landmass and Central Asian countries to fulfill its energy deficits through pipelines which convinced Indian government for signing multilateral agreements. It also indicates India's aim of connecting in trade and transit with central Asian countries through Chabahar sea port and to open multiple air corridors which enhances the capability of Indian government to maintain its sustainable development. The study indicates that India's engagement toward Afghanistan has been changed by the three main factors: first; striking a balance between Afghanistan and Pakistan relations, second; changing in domestic politics and the wishes of internal political parties in Afghanistan, and third; changes in the International political environment.

Menimbang Pentingnya Desentralisasi Partai Politik di Indonesia

The role of political parties in Indonesia after the reform era is to become the main actor of democracy in mobilizing the political life of the nation and state. Unfortunately, the democratization process does not work well in the body of the political party itself. Political parties tend to be antithetical to democracy in government politics. Political decentralization and the authority of political parties are the most important elements in evaluating the working system of political parties. To date, the dynamics of party-party at the local level are still strongly dominated by the center. As a result politics in the region is a political derivation in Jakarta. Stakeholder party with decentralized authority will not create a democracy at the local level in political parties, because the party's internal democratic practices are highly centralized, clientelistic and oligarchic. The challenge must beanswered if it wants to create a democracy within the internal political party. Particularly related to efforts to build decentralization of political party authority in determining candidate process in elections. By viewing the party as an organization of public legal entity which is one of the instruments of democracy, the political party should have started democratizing internally if it is not desirable to be abandoned by society and has the goal of improving Indonesian democracy.

Evaluation Remarks about Slovenian Parliamentary Democracy at Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary

In order to evaluate the existing practices of the Slovenian parliamentary democracy, the author conducted a chronological overview of the shifts in prevailing democratic patterns, starting with the first parliamentary elections after the country gained independence onwards. Parliamentary and governmental political party behaviour was central to the analysis and, thus, was analysed using both statistical data and secondary sources, which primarily consisted of academic and research papers and media records. The analysis revealed that Slovenian parliamentary democracy in the initial (first) decade was according to the electoral data predictable and by programme orientation oriented towards democratic development. However, over the past three election cycles (second decade), the situation began to change quickly, indicating a predominance of internal party interests and conflicts that affect the country’s entire democratic arena. One of the main findings of the article suggests that political parties in Slovenia remain a fundamentally important pillar of parliamentary democracy, but their roles and activities within the parliamentary, governmental and other arenas increasingly warn of their central mission and democratic system functions. It can be detected that the potentials for electoral uncertainties increase with the intensities of internal and inter-parties’ conflicts which all give distinctly negative connotation to the country’s parliamentary democracy. To reverse the curve of parliamentary democracy in a country upwards again a new period of democratic transformation should be activated, built on the principles of a new model of democratic and party governance, as well as also global sustainability policies. A clear distance from narrow internal political parties’ interests, conflicts and in this regard negative competition needs to be considered as well.

An Analysis of the Legal Framework on Nomination and Sponsorship of a Candidate for Election as Governor of a State in Nigeria

The inelegant drafting of the Electoral Act No. 6 of 2010 is responsible for the high level of judicial determination of election outcomes. Subsequent amendments have increased the confusion counsel take to Election Petition Tribunals. What obtains in Nigeria today is a heightened belief that the tribunals are the venue for obtaining election victory. In this paper, I analyse the legal framework on nomination and sponsorship of a candidate for election as Governor of a State. I argue that nomination and sponsorship are not the same and that once a candidate is sponsored by a political party, whatever the process the party determines to do so, the sponsorship cannot be challenged as non-compliance with provision of the Act and thus a ground for an Election Petition as provided for at s. 138(1)(b). The paper recommends that relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 with the words ‘selection’, ‘nomination’, and ‘choice’ of candidates by political parties be amended by replacing these words with the word ‘selection’ to denote that the process specified is an internal political party matter necessary for the emergence of a political party candidate for an election. In appropriate places, the word ‘nomination’ should also be replaced by the word ‘sponsor’ as the case may be. This will make it possible for the provision of s. 32 ss. (1), (2), (3), (4) & (5) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) to remain the only provisions in the Act that have the word nomination in them. This provision is the connection between a political party candidate and his constituents as acknowledgement that both political party and the candidate are in touch with those they aspire to represent in government. The process of nomination specified at section 32 is what cements and completes the processes leading to the presentation of a political party candidate to the Election Management Body as its candidate at an election.

ISLAMIC PARTIES AND THE POLITICS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN INDONESIA

This article examines the relationship between religion and the state in Indonesia by exploring how Islam is used by political parties to shape the politics. The study shows that Islamic politics is a complementary in both nationhood and statehood in Indonesia. From the early days of the new-born nation-state, Muslims in Indonesia had played significant role in shaping the nation; nonetheless, they have never dominated the political power. Fragmentation among Muslims themselves and internal political parties is among the reason why religious (Islamic) parties failed in bringing religious identity to the state arena. Political subordination-inclusion-ignorance-confrontation is the circular game that features Islamic politics in Indonesia. The debatable issue on shari‘ah law, which is frequently used by Islamic parties, always becomes the core problem of the relation between Islam and the state. Even though Islam has played an important role in colouring the Indonesian politics, its existence remains complementary.