Filosofi Astha Brata dalam Kepemimpinan Wakil Rakyat Menuju Indonesia Konstitusional dan Berkedaulatan Rakyat

<p><em>This paper examines the leadership of the people's representatives towards a constitutional Indonesia and people's sovereignty in the perspective of the Astha Brata Philosophy. The issue in this paper is the crisis of leadership and public distrust of the performance of the people's representatives, in the context of this paper the members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. This crisis of confidence will gradually weaken democracy which is believed to be the way to prosperity based on people's sovereignty. The problems raised in this paper are why there are problems in the leadership of the people's representatives and how the Astha Brata philosophy is the answer in the leadership of the people's representatives towards a prosperous Indonesia with people's sovereignty. This type of research is doctrinal with a statutory approach, namely the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, legislation on elections and political recruitment, case approach and philosophical approach. The results of the study show that first, the root of the problem of the leadership of the people's representatives, namely an unhealthy political recruitment process, political education and regeneration that is not going well. Second, Astha Brata as a perfect philosophy to form leaders who have strong characters and provide protection towards a constitutional Indonesia and people's sovereignty.</em></p>

Ready, Set, Vaccine: The Path to COVID-19 Recovery in Latin America

The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged countries across Latin America. Although the region continues to suffer, the promise of vaccinations provides reason for hope. As vaccines become more widely accessible in Latin America, public support for and willingness to receive the vaccine will be essential to pandemic recovery. Recognizing this, politicians in the region are already actively publicly promoting vaccination. In this research note, we explore Latin Americans’ attitudes on vaccine acceptance as well as the influence of political recruitment for vaccination and both consumption of and trust in news from politicians on self-reported attitudes of vaccine acceptance. We learn that, in general, Latin Americans are receptive to vaccination but that acceptance varies as a function of country, time, and recruitment and, interestingly, that Latin Americans are actually dissuaded from vaccination if encouraged by politicians. We conclude with a discussion and a plea that vaccination campaigns remain separate from political ones.

THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS EFFORT TO SIMPLIFY THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDONESIA

The number of political parties continues to increase from time to time. Ironically, the establishment of a political party is not based on the desire to carry out the functions of political education, political recruitment, and political regeneration. It is only to fulfill the desire for the power of a group of political elites. This research aims to analyze the need to simplify the number of political parties and determine the ideal simplification design of political parties This research used normative juridical research with statutory, historical, and conceptual approaches. The results indicated that political party simplification is needed for creating effectiveness and efficiency, minimizing segmentation or the emergence of friction among Indonesian citizens, preventing voter confusion, and maintaining political stability. Meanwhile, the ideal design to simplify political parties that can be executed is through submitting the dissolution of political parties to the Constitutional Court (Indonesian: Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK)) by expanding the criteria for those who can propose for dissolution (legal standing), imposing strict sanctions, implementing a moratorium on permits for the establishment of new parties, and extending the authority of the government to unilaterally dissolve political parties, such as the power to dissolve banned community organizations.

Rekrutmen Calon Legislatif Muda Partai Golongan Karya Untuk Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia Periode 2019-2024

This paper aims to describe the recruitment of young legislative candidates for the Golkar Party in the 2019 elections. The problem is focused on how the recruitment of young legislative candidates is carried out by the Golkar party. In order to approach this problem, the theory of political recruitment from Michael Rush and Philip Althoff was used. The data were collected through interviews and analyzed qualitatively. The type of research used is descriptive which intends to provide the results of exploration or exploration of information on the research objectives. This study concludes that the political recruitment of young golkar party legislative candidates for the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2019-2024 period includes five activity processes, namely: supply and demand, agency, criteria, control and demand.

PROBLEMATIKA HUKUM FUNGSI REKRUITMEN ORGANISASI SAYAP PARTAI POLITIK

The success of the performance of the political recruitment function by Political Parties departs from its cadre mechanism. This is supported by the regeneration of a good and responsible wing organization of political parties. This study aims to determine legal problems related to the function of the wing organization of political parties. The type of research in this writing is normative legal research, with a statutory approach and a literature approach. This research examines the laws and regulations on political parties and related legal norms. The data used are secondary data consisting of primary and secondary legal materials. Primary legal materials are in the form of Law Number 2 of 2008 concerning Political Parties, while secondary legal materials are in the form of books, journals and articles related to the topic of the problem. The results showed that there were still several problems, such as the lack of rules governing the Organization of the Political Party Wing and the activities of cadres related to their location and background.

Keterwakilan Perempuan pada DPRD Kabupaten Bangka Tahun 2014-2019

This research discusses about the representation of women in Bangka District in 2014-2019 to provide information about gender's inclusion in the political recruitment in the Bangka District that effect has not fulfilled its quota 30% representation of women in parliament, so that the research can provide solutions for the increased representation of women in the Bangka District. This research is a case study research done using a qualitative method. Research results suggest that the representation of women should be increased by a clear law enforcement act in the recruiting process, a social structure that involves female politicians in political parties and in parliament, mandated to pursue gender justice, and political education to cadre, future legislatif candidates and communities must be properly implemented by political and government parties so that increased representation of women can be achieved.

Disability and political representation: Analysing the obstacles to elected office in the UK

Around one-sixth of the European population have a disability, yet there are few self-declared disabled politicians. Despite scholarly and political interest in the under-representation of various social groups, little attention has been paid to disabled people. This article identifies and analyses the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people by drawing upon interviews with 51 candidates and elected politicians in the United Kingdom. It reveals barriers which occur throughout the political recruitment process, from initial participation to selection and the election campaign. They broadly fall into: (a) a lack of accessibility, including the built environment and documents; (b) a lack of resources to make events and activities accessible; and (c) ableism, including openly expressed prejudices but also a lack of awareness and willingness to make processes inclusive. While people with different impairments encounter some distinct barriers, all of them have similar experiences of obstacles and exclusion which go beyond those faced by people from other under-represented groups seeking elected office.

Do Elites Discriminate against Female Political Aspirants? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Do elites exhibit gender bias when responding to political aspirants? Drawing on theories of gender bias, group attachment, and partisan identity, I conduct the first audit experiment outside the United States to examine the presence of gender bias in the earliest phases of the political recruitment process. Based on responses from 1,774 Canadian legislators, I find evidence of an overall gender bias in favor of female political aspirants. Specifically, legislators are more responsive to female political aspirants and more likely to provide them with helpful advice when they ask how to get involved in politics. This pro-women bias, which exists at all levels of government, is stronger among female legislators and those associated with left-leaning parties. These results suggest that political elites in Canada are open to increasing female political representation and thus should serve as welcome encouragement for women to pursue their political ambitions.

Demokrasi dan Transparansi Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa Dalam Rekrutmen Caleg Pada Pemilu 2019

This article aims to take photos and browse in critical problems of democracy and transparency of the Kebangkitan Bangsa Party in the recruitment of candidates in the 2019 elections. The recruitment process in political parties includes three stages, namely certification, nomination, and election. Through qualitative research with analytical-critical description method, this paper argues that the mechanism of political recruitment in the Kebangkitan Bangsa Party through an undemocratic and untransparent process, where prospective legislative candidates who register to become prospective legislative candidates only submit registration forms and various completeness of the other files and henceforth the prospective candidates are only waiting for the process of determining the serial number of candidate by the leadership of political parties. In addition, the position number is determined without going through the readiness and competency test mechanism of the candidates.