Party Elites and Centralized Selection of Regional Head Candidates

Muhammad Ikhsan, Subhilhar, Heri Kusmanto, Indra Kesuma Nasution

2022

Abstract

This paper is derived from an ongoing dissertation research, this research wants to capture the process of selecting candidates/candidacy for regional heads in the 2020 Medan city mayor elections. There are strong indications that in the process of candidacy of regional head candidates by political parties, the process was undemocratic and full of elite interests, rather than the volition of grassroots party cadres and constituent communities. The dynamics of discord within the party structure and the dismissal of cadres are signs of a mismatch between the voices of the bottom line and the elite of political parties in deciding which candidates will be nominated. UU no. 2 of 2011 concerning Political Parties, has mandated political parties that the recruitment of candidates for regional heads and their representatives must be carried out in a democratic and open manner. In this article, the author wants to elaborate on the phenomenon of the centrality of the candidacy of regional head candidates in Indonesia, which is associated with the intervention of political elites and oligarchs in political parties and their impact on the development of local democracy.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ikhsan M., Subhilhar., Kusmanto H. and Nasution I. (2022). Party Elites and Centralized Selection of Regional Head Candidates. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 401-404. DOI: 10.5220/0011823500003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Muhammad Ikhsan and Subhilhar and Heri Kusmanto and Indra Kesuma Nasution},
title={Party Elites and Centralized Selection of Regional Head Candidates},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={401-404},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011823500003460},
isbn={978-989-758-618-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,
TI - Party Elites and Centralized Selection of Regional Head Candidates
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Ikhsan M.
AU - Subhilhar.
AU - Kusmanto H.
AU - Nasution I.
PY - 2022
SP - 401
EP - 404
DO - 10.5220/0011823500003460
PB - SciTePress