Cards Stacked by the Candidate in Indonesia’s New Political Landscape

Peaceful actions against the issues of SARA in Indonesia's politics

In June this year, 171 administrative regions of the archipelago will simultaneously hold gubernatorial and mayoral elections. Next year, Indonesians will go to the polls to select members of parliamentary and its next president.This elections will predict serve as a political barometer for the latter.

The future, in 2 years, we'll experience years of political so it heats up. Here Indonesia will face the name of the General Elections. And simultaneous elections will start on this year until next year. Can be seen later on the infighting of the various groups is quite large between the government and the people. Because Indonesian people , they want a leadership that is run according to Islamic Law. Because the majority of the population of Indonesia itself is the religion of Islam. In this case the people already tired with the promises that given by the leaders themselves.

For the fact, Indonesia hold on to Al-Quran , in the other way around, people in Indonesia more way sensitive with religion, media also often push one side, until the problem become crusial and uncontrolable and from that side too. Media also have to be fair about this kind of news. In here citizen and media have a biggest character. Citizen should be a smart citizen and not easily get chase by fake news who blame each one of people who get a character in this problem.

In this era, everything, even a small things in politic area, people have attention on it. Not only that, people criticized about it. No matter how it says. But as the goes by, government feels that they has been handed down by their own people. Government starts to make a new rules about how we could criticism them, a barriers that could make all of us afraid of speaking the truth. If seen, the State of Indonesia is now far away from previous years ahead of the 2019 elections. Do not close the possibility if Indonesia could just go back to the New Order, where the widespread occurrence of demonstrations everywhere, who ignore every single thing in Pancasila that is ingrained in the Indonesian population.

And as has been written before, religion became a sensitive issue in Indonesia. It also can break down the unity and integrity of the Indonesian nation caused by the barrage of election for two years. The election for this two years should be the best utilized by the prospective candidates who volunteered, as well as pay attention to what should be done to avoid a split of the Nation of Indonesia. 

Written by Ranisa Anastasya Debora (Law student in Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji)
Editor Rilo Pambudi. S