The Public and Political Party Pragmatism
The competition to increase their electability has led to political parties resorting to pragmatism. Legislative candidates with high popularity have been recruited without considering their sense of loyalty, integrity and professionalism.
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The competition to increase their electability has led to political parties resorting to pragmatism. Legislative candidates with high popularity have been recruited without considering their sense of loyalty, integrity and professionalism.
As the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) registration period for legislative candidates ended, the public observed the political parties’ practice in recruiting legislative candidates, from their selection to their registration with the KPU. When registration closed on Tuesday night (17/7/2018), the KPU had files on 8,401 prospected candidates for the House of Representatives that hailed from 80 electoral districts and 16 political parties. =