THE WINNER IS ‘GOLPUT’

By : Habib Muhammad Shahib

Have u thought? Who will be the winner if the majority of our society do not come to the general elections places to vote the leader candidates. The terminology of this situation in ‘bahasa’ we know as a ‘golput’. Golput (Golongan Putih) or we can say in English; people who do not use their vote rights to vote the candidates of an election. As a country that use Democracy to rule its Nations. Surely, Republic of Indonesia must to do election to select its leader. We know as long as NKRI exists in this world, the elections to select Indonesian’s Leader exist too. But, are the elections good for our society? And why some of Indonesian’s people do not use their vote rights? I think, let’s we answer them together.

After Soeharto’s era (ORBA), Indonesian’s people now live on a Reformation era that makes so many changes in this country especially the terms of election. Before the Reformation era, Indonesian’s leader elections just selected the people’s representative (parliament’s members) and after that the parliament’s members used their vote rights to vote The President or The governor (for province parliament’s members). It is based on the fifth sila in Pancasila ; Kerakyatan yang dipimpin oleh hikmat kebijaksanaan dalam permusyawaratan perwakilan. Because of this situation, the corruptions had happened in the past mostly from the parliament’s members. Because if a candidate want to be a winner. He/she must to bribe the parliament’s members with a big amount of money.

So what is happened today? Today is crazier than before. The cost of election is so expensive because today election’s rule has changed to be a direct election that means people have the vote rights to vote their leader directly. So, if the candidates want to become the winner in an election. They must to spend much money for campaign to suggest people believe in them even they do the black campaigns or money campaigns. The result of high cost political like that makes Leaders after they have chosen, they directly think how can they get their modals or their friend’s modals back? Surely, the conditions like that make the government cannot free from corruptions who ever the Leader. The district or country is just ruled by autopilot. I mean the policies or programs just like some ceremonial things to make people happier in a few times. The general aims from the Leaders just to get much money as soon as possible for their family or their friends.

The impact from those conditions makes some people lose their believe feelings on their leader and for the next elections they will vote to do not vote again (golput). But, sadly golput it is not ruled by Indonesian’s Law so even golput people are the winner there is not a change in our beloved country.

#GOD BLESSES INDONESIA!!!