JAKARTA UIN political observer Syarif Hidayatullah, Bakir Ihsan said that the rules for Inter-Time Replacement (PAW) for DPR members must be revised to prevent this from becoming a control tool for cadres so that they are in line with the instructions of political parties.
They are trapped in the centralism of power that kills the democratic mechanism within the party. Apparently, this is enjoyed by the party elite because it is very beneficial for him. Even if there is a change in the elite realm, it is difficult to change the tendency of the elite because they enjoy it," he said, Sunday, April 27, 2025.
As is known, PAW provisions regulated in Law Number 17 of 2014 concerning the MPR, DPR, DPRD, and DPD (MD3) were sued to the Constitutional Court (MK). One of the main points in the two lawsuits is asking the Constitutional Court to abolish or correct the contents of Article 239 Paragraph 2 Letter d of the MD3 Law which states that DPR members are terminated between times if proposed by their political parties in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.
The plaintiffs argued that the implementation of PAW or recall was against the principles of people's sovereignty. Because, even though it was directly elected by the people, members of the DPR could be "resigned" according to the will of the general chairman of the political party. In addition, PAW's rights owned by political parties are also considered to threaten parliamentary independence.
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According to Bakir, the PAW mechanism should not be submitted to political parties. The reason is, so far political parties can replace members of the DPR without considering the voices of the people. Moreover, the PAW process for DPR members is also often problematic.
The problematic PAW, said it would not happen if political parties carried out meritocracy in the recruitment and regeneration of internal leadership.
"So, political parties really become candradimuka the emergence of moderate, not elitist leaders who actually deny democracy," he added.
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