The Next President of Indonesia, Javanese or Non
Since 1945 Indonesia has been led by
6 presidents. They are Soekarno, soeharto, B.J. Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid,
Megawati, and the current president is SBY. Five of them are Javanese and one
of them is from south Celebes, B.J. Habibie. There is an issue within this
racial politic which is spread in the society “ May non Javanese be a president?
“. This paper will discuss whether non Javanese can be a president in Indonesia
or no.
Obviously, democratic system applied
in Indonesia regulates everyone’s right to be a president as long as he or she
is capable. It means that there is no privilege for specific race or nation to
be more superior on other, so everyone has equal right in front of the law.
Furthermore, there is no prohibition towards election in politics. For example it
is lie to say that Javanese cannot chose or elect non Javanese as a president
and vice versa because choosing is a fundamental right for everyone in politics.
So, just because the biggest population is Javanese does not mean that other
people cannot won the election.
However, It has been believed that
every president election in Indonesia will be won by a candidate from java. It
is because of some reasons. The first is a number of the candidates from java
are dominant. Let see a previous election when the competitors were dominant
from java like SBY, Megawti, and Amien Rais while the non – java candidate is
only one, Jusuf Kalla. So the electability for java candidates is bigger than
non – java one. And also the upcoming election, there will be some competitors
coming from java that quantitatively dominate the competition. The second
reason is coming from the voter. The biggest population in Indonesia is
Javanese. According to data of census in 2000 by BPS the Javanese reach 41% of
total number of population in Indonesia, so it is no wonder if the elected
president is Javanese because the voter is tribal mate.
Personally, I think that it is true
that Indonesia with its political system, democracy, regulates everyone’s right
to participate in politics, to elect or to be elected. This is because of one
principle of democracy itself namely equal citizenship. Equal citizenship means
every citizen has same position, same political right in the system. Otherwise,
the reality that the biggest number of population in Indonesia comes from java.
It is acceptable in democracy if people choose their family or relative in
general election, so Javanese is allowed to choose anyone that she or he wants.
As conclusion, whether Javanese or non
Javanese has the same possibility to be elected as a president in Indonesia
based on the principle of democracy.
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