Affirmations Young Politicians in the Acceleration of Regeneration in Political Parties (Exploration Studies on Affirmations and Determination Factors of Millennial Generation Political Regeneration in Gerindra, PPP and PSI )
Atie Rachmiatie, Ferra Martian, Maman Suherman

Universitas Islam Bandung

Abstract

The existence of millennials determines the future face of the nation, because they represent 40% of Indonesia^s population, but they are very few as politicians. From Litbang Kompas^s data (August 2019) found that the number of young DPR candidates elected in the 2019 election fell quite significantly, from 16.4% or 92 people to 12.5% or 72 people. According to data from Badan Pengembangan Nasional (Bappenas) there are 63 million millennials, or people aged 20-35 years. The large number of millennial population today, can be a challenge and an opportunity, especially for Indonesia^s target to penetrate the status of a high-income country in 2045 and provide a higher standard of life for the people. The key is to understand millennial thoughts and behavior and encourage them to become cogs, including driving political change. Based on research from the Indonesian Parliament Concern Community Forum (Formappi), the political parties with the most number of millennial legislative candidates are PSI (Indonesian Solidarity Party) with 240 candidates, PPP with 142 candidates, and Gerindra with 98 candidates.
The regeneration of politicians from each political party faces significant obstacles and threats, as evidenced by the fact that elected legislators and regional heads from the millennial generation are only occupied by less than 12.5%, where some of them are incumbents. Millennials should occupy more of the 2019 political stage, because people^s lives have changed to enter the industrial era 4.0. Affirmation of young politicians seems to have become an important priority for current party leaders, otherwise there will be a generation gap between politicians who determine policies and young people who are starting to increasingly play a role in various sectors amid the increasingly rapid digital transformation. This study aims to obtain data and information about efforts to affirm regeneration in political parties, secondly, to obtain information about the readiness

Keywords: Political Affirmation, Regeneration Acceleration, Political Party

Topic: Media, Journalism, and Transformation