Political Family and Intra-Party Democracy in Indonesia. (A Study on the Political Recruitment of the Golkar Party during the Reform Era in South Sulawesi)

Abstract

This paper looks at the political family involved in the local politics in South Sulawesi, particularly the political recruitment mechanism and political party institutionalization from the intra-party democracy perspective. Based on qualitative analysis, the findings of this research show that, firstly, a large number of political families in Golkar Party at South Sulawesi are a product of the oligarchymeritocratic political recruitment. Political legacies such as activities insocial and political organizations give more advantages for the political families both in the political recruitment process and the access to power. Secondly, the weakness of Golkar Party's institutionalization is showed by the dependence of Golkar Party to the party's elite and the existence of factionalization within the party. As a result of such weakness, several party leaders resign from Golkar Party, thereby strengthening the role of political families in the political recruitment process. 50% of the 2014 electoral vote for the Golkar Party in the South Sulawesi Parliament has been largely contributed by the political families. Key words: political family, political party, political recruitment, political party institutionalization, intra-party democracy ABSTRAKMakalah ini menganalisis keluarga politik dalam politik lokal di Sulawesi Selatan, khususya tentangmekanisme rekrutmen politik dan daninstitusionalisasi partai 142politik dalam perspektif demokrasi intra-partai. Berdasarkan analisis kualitatif, temuan penelitianinimenunjukkanbahwabanyaknyakeluargapolitikdalamPartaiGolkar Sulawesi selatan karena mekanisme rekrutmen yang bersifat oligarki-meritokratik. Adanya pewarisan aktifitas social, politik dan pewarisan konstituen memberikan peluang yang lebih besar bagi keluarga politik dalam rekrutmen politik. Selain itu, institusionalisasi yang masih lemah yang tergantung kepada actor politik/elite politik di satu sisi, dan adanya faksionalisasi dalam organisasi partai yang mengakibatkan mundurnya pengurus partai berakibat pada semakin kuatnya keluarga politik. Lebih dari 50 % suara yang diperoleh oleh Anggota DPRD Sulawesi Selatan pada pemilu 2014 berasal dari keluarga politik.

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