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
by : Zakia | Moslem University of Indonesia
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