Be Smart Voters in Second Round of Jakarta Governor Election

By: Herdiansyah Rahman, Political Observer and Activist at the Center for Strategic Political Studies Indonesia

Jakarta second round governor election will be held on April 19, 2017 will be followed by two candidates namely Basuki Purnama Tjahaja-Djarot Syaiful Hidayat and candidate Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno. Implementation of the second round of Jakarta Gubernatorial Election occur after none candidate who get the vote of 50% + 1 in the first round of which was held on February 15, 2017.

Developments towards Jakarta governor election second round showed escalation towards unfavorable can be identified with the emergence of a number of issues and problems stand out among their reporting various "interest groups" into alleged violations of law or corruption committed by both candidatesin Jakarta governor election, the pros and cons associated the arrest and detention of KH. Muhammad Al Khathath by police ahead of mass action March 31, 2017, the alleged partiality organizers of the elections of Jakarta with the ever presence of "rogue leader" organizations are holding this festival of political in a meeting of candidates supporters, despite being given a reprimand to the person concerned by the Honor Council Election (DKPP) still prejudice institute quasi these countries is predicted not neutral by the public, reactions related to the trial the prosecution case Ahok postponed due to unpreparedness of the public Prosecutor (Prosecutor) read out the demands of the verdict against Ahok, also has made the image framming that there is an "intervention" in the case Ahok , the rise of "video horrendous" related to Jakarta Governor Election, the instructions from political parties particular, FPI and friends so that its mass is "hit tables" to Jakarta with reason escort Jakarta governor election, including BEM-SI, their political contract Coalition of Labor Jakarta with candidate Anies-Sandi or issue their financial mobilization of every member of the legislature of a particular political party to support one candidate.

Heating up Condition

Departuresmass of the two political party to Jakarta with reasons to escort and support candidate who supported both the political parties are currently being "head to head" in the second round of gubernatorial Jakarta coupled with the "political will" among CSOs as GNPF MUI and others who will do "Tamsya Al Maidah 51" and students who will come flocking to Jakarta feared would trigger horizontal conflict, even described the "insecurity situation in Jakarta" ahead governor election, so normal then there are rumors that the police in mapping mention no TPS secure in Jakarta, so that each polling station will be guarded Police, Army coupled with the Well.

Departures cadres among the political parties "hit tables Jakarta" to guard the city elections is an indicator of how strong political magnet in Jakarta, so both must exert political party cadres in the area to help win candidate that carried them.

Meanwhile the "political ijtihad" 12 elements of political workers by signing a contract with candidate Anies-Sandi also reap the pros and cons associated reactions effectiveness. The group counter, assess these contracts are considered not fully represent the labor element layer Jakarta and estimated labor political support element will still be used to search for bargaining in expansion the support to the various layers of labor organizations. Recognized or not, among the elements of the labor group is also fragmented or broken support and not a few elements of the pro Ahok-Djarot, although Ahok also been named as the "governor's salary" by the labor groups came to Anies-Sandi. Both candidates still consider the power of labor groups caused the group has sufficient mass potential by promoting the issue of the workers' struggle, and still have the power of the masses to carry out "political and mass pressure", although its efficacy has not been tested with any evidence of election results Bekasi Regent This year.

Be a Smart Voter

We as a nation must stroking his chest with increasingly "brutal" practice the seizure of power in Indonesia, because the noble teachings of Pancasila which he said was we recognize along with the state ideology with the principle of mutual cooperation were impressed neglected, and many groups in winning political contestation in Indonesia using the principle of Machiavellianism or justify the means or the winner takes all (winner takes all). Brutal, lower and less proud of the political practices is evident in the design and mosaic picture of the second round of Jakarta Gubernatorial Election, everything did what is called by Amien Rais with the concept of "low politics" or politics barbarians. There are some strong indications why politics in Jakarta Governor Election is brutal and characterized by "low politics" among others proliferation of hate-speech or speech-hatred in the realm social media who sometimes broadcast or "quoted" in the mainstream media, so it is not surprising that according to the author's note apparently the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has given sanction to some media. In fact, supposedly derived provocative banners 688 and 936 banners that do not meet the requirements for the celebration of Jakarta Gubernatorial Election.

Those who were "playing around" with racial issues, the issue of primordial or various other forms of political slander is not the type of leader is clear but the type of provocateurs and elite insane political education and education nationality. They lack awareness of using racial issues can tear woven mendelate Indonesian nationality and forever in the global political map.

Therefore, it is time to be picky smart to choose based on conscience, refuse intervention from among any, receive money given candidate who do money politics but not vote on polling day (as learning the ethics of democracy and ethics in politics for unscrupulous candidate or its supporters that do money politics), choose a leader who has the integrity, capability, loyalty, character and nurturing others by being able to keep his political ethics, be voters who are not affected racial issues and other primordial issues and others. However, efforts to achieve voter intelligent will not be achieved if the government as a "builder politics" do literacy politics, literacy nationality and education statesmanship to the public by giving an example or role model is good, really maintain neutrality not as lip service alone or scared lost his job. Literacy against netizen or media social users should also be taken seriously not a preamble or mere political rag. Let's keep conduciveness Jakarta. Shame we as a nation, if the elections of Jakarta chaos and mutual prejudice. Hopefully.

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