2.2 Shura Practices in PKS Policy
Taking
Syura's practice in the PKS can be seen in the
process of formulating policies and strategic steps of
the party through the Shura Assembly Consultation.
In this table, the KMS is the leader of the
deliberations, and the process is declared qorum if it
is attended by at least two thirds of the members of
the Shura Assembly. In the deliberation process, the
method of its acquisition was decided in three
models: (1) Model Ijma’ (acclamation). This method
is carried out based on the recommendation and
input the majority of the members of the Shura
Assembly and KMS to the participants of the
meeting, then be accepted and decided by the
deliberation forum. But if this effort is not achieved
then decision making is taken with the second model;
(2). Voting model. If in the voting process the same
number of votes is obtained, then a one-time voting
is held again. (3). Voting model. If this second
voting step still has not resulted in a decision, then
the party gives special rights to KMS to conduct the
voting process. This model is the last step used to
determine the final decision. The voting rights given
to KMS apply in situations where the number of
votes for a proposed policy is the same. So that in
certain situations the problems supported by KMS
must be the party's official decision.
Several cases show both ways: First, the process
of debating two camps in the Shura Assembly
Consultation forum on 1 July 2004, concerning the
determination of 2004 presidential and vice
presidential candidates. In this forum each cadre
stated his position and opinion, the meeting was
difficult because the situation formed two camps .
Each camp tried to convince other camps about the
candidate pairs that were supported. Because the
meeting did not result in a decision, a voting step
was taken, with the result that 70 percent of the
meeting participants supported the candidate Amien
Rais and Siswono Yudhohusodo, as many as 20
percent chose Wiranto and Solahudin Wahid, and 2.5
percent chose Hamzah Haz and Agum Gumelar,
while 7.5 percent of other meeting participants chose
to abstain. This dynamic resulted in the split of PKS
cadres into two camps, namely between the
strongholds of Wiranto supporters (led by PKS
Secretary-General Anies Matta and KMS Hilmi
Aminuddin) and the stronghold of Amien Rais (led
by PKS President Hidayat Nur Wahid). As a way out,
the deliberation forum finally voted, and PKS
officially brought Amien Rais as the 2004
presidential candidate.
Secondly, in other cases, for example, in the
selection process and the determination of candidacy
that will represent the party in the legislative
elections at the local level, such as the DPRD
(provincial / district / city), prospective candidates
for Governor and Deputy Governor, Regent and
Deputy Publication, as well as Mayor and Deputy
Mayor , will depend on input, aspirations or
evaluations from cadres at the regional level. Third,
cadre involvement also took place at the time of
naming the 2014 presidential candidates. According
to Mardani Ali Sera, in this process there were three
main stages that had been carried out: First, was the
determination of the mechanism and procedure for
determining the presidential candidate; Second,
determining the criteria for candidates; and third,
determine the names of the presidential candidates.
All of these processes were carried out by Team 20,
which was called the National Modeling Team
(TPN). The team consists of the Central Advisory
Council, the Executive Board of the Central Board,
several Chairmen of the DPP, and the Chair of the
Central Sharia Council.
This stage is an internal mechanism organized by
the party in the national selection process to
accommodate cadres' aspirations for who is worthy
of being promoted by PKS as president, regional
head or legislative member. At the stage of
determining the criteria for candidates, in the
meeting of the Shura Council set the criteria for an
ideal presidential candidate, including: a figure who
did not repeat the mistakes of the previous president,
dared to be close to the people not because of
imagery, dared to do the law, pro in eradicating
corruption, daring to clean the palace from things
which can injure the authority of the government,
and dare to realize political commitments and
promises. With these criteria, the party directly
requests the views of cadres and sympathizers by
providing a form organized by the entire DPW. In
this process, the party provides opportunities for
cadres to submit appropriate names for them to
become candidates for presidential candidates. Of
these results were born 22 names, including: Anis
Matta, Hidayat Nur Wahid, Ahmad Heryawan,
Tifatul Sembiring, Nur Mahmudi Ismail from the
internal party, and there are also names of figures
who feel from external parties such as Dahlan Iskan,
Jusuf Kalla, Mahfud MD, Chairul Tanjung, Prabowo
Subianto, and Hatta Rajasa. Furthermore, the names
are taken to the determination stage. At the stage of
determining the name of the candidate, the indirect
PKS is determined by one of the 22 names that
appear, but by conducting the Raya Election (Pemira)