Post June 2009
Lastest Survey 14 June 2009
Result of The General Election and The Presidential Election 2009
The KPU – Committee of General Election has officially announced the result of the General Election held on April 9, 2009. There were 38 political parties participated. As in accordance to prevailing law, only 9 parties could passed the minimal 2,5 percent Parliamentary treshold.
The 560 seats of The DPR, Parliament of 2009-2014 are allocated as follows : Party Demokrat 149 seats; Party Golkar 106 seats; PDIP 95 seats; PKS 57 seats; PAN 46 seats; PPP 37 seats; PKB 27 seats; Party Gerindra 26 seats; Party Hanura 16 seats.
Comments of The General Election 2009
This general election has got some negative comments published by the printing as well as electronic media due to : (1) The fiasco of electoral roll during the legislative elections. As the result thereof, some 49,6 millions legitimate voters were not registered; (2) There were suspected unproper vote counting in many places and there were some technical errors which should not occured.
The final solution of the many disputes in General Election is tackled by Mahkamah Konstitusi, The Constitutional Court.
As regards to the fiasco of electoral roll where almost 50 millions citizens were deprived their rights to vote, The DPR- Parliament has decided to launch an inquiry. How could such a massive mistake happened? It is an expensive process of proper and clean implementation of democracy. So that in the future, such kind of mistake must not take place.
The remarkable phenomenon from the result of this election was the significant increase of votes for the nationalist parties such as Demokrat, Golkar, PDIP, Gerindra and Hanura, while the Islam based parties such as PKS, PAN, PPP, and PKB gathered less votes.
The Presidential Election 2009
For the Presidential Election 2009, the public hopes there will be no more mistake in the registration of the eligible voters.
In the last two months, every day the media exposes the headline news of political activities, political bargaining between political parties and politicians who wish to take part in the presidential campaign.
The law stipulates those who want to be Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates must be backed up by minimal 20 percen of the newly elected Parliamentary members.
The political maneuvers among the elites were very vivid, they were seeking the most favorable deals in the future power sharing under the next elected president. The local terminology for the political cooperation between Presidential Candidate and political parties which support his candidacy is political contract.
Officially, there are three Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates :
- Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto. Megawati Sukarnoputri is The Chairwoman of PDIP, she has served as Vice President and President of Indonesia 1999-2004. Prabowo Subianto is from Gerindra Party, he was an Army General, now he is a businessman;
- Susilo Bambang Yudoyono and Prof. DR. Budiono. Susilo Bambang Yudoyono is a retired Army General, from Demokrat Party, the incumbent President 2004-2009. DR.Budiono, a prominent economist in the country, The Governor of Bank Indonesia, Indonesian State and Central Bank;
- Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto. Jusuf Kalla is The Chairman of Golkar Party, incumbent Vice President 2004-2009. Wiranto, the Chairman of Hanura Party, retired Army General, he was The Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces.
According to local political analysts, the above six candidates of Presidents and Vice Presidents are all popular figures in this country, they are valued as having strong personality, brave and they have clear vision and mission for their campaigns.
The three pairs have declared themselves as Candidates Presidents and Vice Presidents officially and have expressed clearly their decision to lead the country for the next 5 years.
Some political analysts have made predictions who will be the winner in the presidential race. We are of the opinion, the three pairs they have the same opportunity, they have the same chance. Let’s the people decide in July 8, 2009 Presidential Election and we will honor the choice of the people.