The Phenomenon of Artist Candidates in Election 2014

2014 election frenzy is already sounded crowded. There are many artists who want to involve in political party. The duty as a representative of society is not easy because they must have a strong knowledge.

They just rely on their popularity to get many votes but they do not have the proper capability.Whereas Parliament (DPR) is not the place to learn, yet a place working devotedly. The latest data from the Indonesian parliament concerned citizens forum (FORMAPPI) released that there are only three parties that are not going to carry artist as candidates in the general election, namely PKPI, PBB, and PKS. It means that nine other political parties are still carring the artists to collect votes from societies. PAN and GERINDRA are the first parties with the biggest number of artists candidates, those are nine artists. The second rank is PKB with 7 artists, NASDEM with 6 artists, Demokrat and PDIP-P with 5 artists, PPP with 4 artists and then Golkar and Hanura with 3 artists. Some candidates artists who will participate in the next election are new faces in politics.



Dr. Chairil N Siregar as the lecturer from ITB said : “Artists who do not have political experience would be easily controlled by political parties (political party) because they basically do not have the provision and political knowledge needed. However, artist candidates still has a big chance to sit as a member Parliament. According to him, candidates that will be carried by political parties make the majority of the people become confuse for taking election. Therefore, societies will choose the candidates that famous or usually appearing on television

By Rizky Utami | Executive Board Member of HEC

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