Proportionality of the Minister's Candidate By President in the Government System in Indonesia

10.2478/bjlp-2022-004108

Abstract

This study aims to explain how democratic the Indonesian state is in selecting the President's aide. This study employs a case-based, legislative, and comparative approach to normative legal research. Also, the authors use descriptive analysis methods to explain historical events, compare candidates across cabinets, and draw conclusions using deductive methods, which means it explains the problem's general nature before addressing specific issues. This study shows that the ministerial candidate system in Indonesia is exclusive, based on party elites and party leaders appointing ministers. In Indonesia, ministerial candidates are chosen based on a large political element. The political element is unbalanced with democratic principles like transparency and equality in public office. This research can be used to create regulations for political parties both internally (Organizational Regulations) and externally (Laws) by changing the exclusive system of candidacy. Moreover, the presidential or party leader election was followed by a national convention attended by all party members from each region to elect the minister candidate. Researchers have never investigated this research before, as evidenced by no similar discussion. This study examines the proportionality of the President's ministerial candidacy system in Indonesia. In Indonesia, the President appoints the Minister as his assistant. It becomes a problem when non-democratic methods are used to select ministers. So, at least, the supporting political parties provide the best candidates, not only in terms of proximity but also in terms of ability.