IDEA OF THE MECHANISM OF SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR REGIONAL HEAD BY POLITICAL PARTIES Junaidi
Faculty of Law, Riau University
Abstract
The mechanism for selecting candidates for regional heads by political parties, which is applied in direct regional head elections (Pilkada), still contains many weak sides so that it is far from being called democratic. The determination of regional head candidates by political parties is still centralized, the conditions are money politics, and the selection of prospective candidates by political parties is in the free zone of supervision from the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). This condition is exacerbated by the absence of clear rules in the Pilkada Law regarding the procedures for selecting candidates by political parties. This paper uses a normative juridical approach with the support of factual data. This study has the idea of how to design regulations so that the weak side of candidate selection for political parties can be overcome. This is done through several ideas. First, the selection of candidates by political parties must be changed from centralized to decentralized. It is sufficient for the selection of prospective candidates to be carried out and decided by political parties at the local level. Central-level political parties only provide directives and recommendations that are non-binding in nature. Second, lowering the percentage of support from political parties in carrying out regional head candidates and lowering support for individual candidates. Third, the selection stage for prospective candidates must be used as part of the stages of organizing the Pilkada, so that it can be monitored by Bawaslu.
Keywords: Selecting, candidates, Political Parties
