Women In Parliament

The issue of female representative in parliament becomes a hot debate in the next year election. As we have known that, Indonesia will hold the general election where many cadres of politic parties will complete one another o be elected. Talking about female representative, there are two sides that become the main focus in this essay. There are the increasing of women resources and a bit space supplied by politic party. This essay argue about the number of women in parliament which never reach 30% of quotes because they have lack of chance and their quality is still questionable.

Involving in politic is one way to rise up the women abilities. By participating in politic, women will get sufficient accesses and facilities that can accommodate them and benefit their interest. Women can fight for their right especially in education and health issue. But the question is how could the 30% quotes of women fulfilled by the politic parties if there is no chance for women?

However, women have no chance to be a member of parliament. It could happen because some politicians think that only a few women to be involved in politic. We can see from  the number of men which is bigger than women and it cause the women interest is not accommodate well in parliament’s policy. Not only to be member of parliament but also in daily practice level like organize the politic party itself. Most of boards in politic partied are men. For example : democrat party, one of big parties in Indonesia. Has only 5 women inside. Starting from the senator until the coordinator of division most of them are men. These are the board of Democrat party lead by SBY, Marzuki Ali and Jero wacik. The coordinator of division are H.M Gagoek Soebagyanto, SH, Yosef Tahir Ma’ruf. This example is an evidence that politic parties do not serious to recruit women. A 30% quotes as a requirement to be candidate in election can not give a chance to women to get involved in parliament.

Women seen like to stand in parliament intersection. In one side, they have a good purpose to make a balance between the women and men interest in politic. But in other side, they are limited by the little chance. Beside that, the quality of women to be member of parliament is still questionable. People think that they are not really serious to involve in politic. In the previous election, there were several women involved in politic whether they were artist, singer, presenter or model. Although they had not politic background previously but they were still candidate by politic party. In fact that they were not been chosen because people know about their background and doubt about their politic qualities.

In conclusion, both chance and quality are important things to support female for participating in parliament. About 30% of women quotes could not be fulfilled until now because only some women have enough ability to compete with men to be elected in parliament

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by : Zakia | Moslem University of Indonesia