Undeniably, the contestants of the 2024 Elections, be it for the legislative positions, and especially for the presidency, are strategizing to win the votes of youth voters. Out of the 204 million registered voters, a significant 56.49% of them are …
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Political Corruption in the 2024 Elections
The democratic festivity is routinely resume after the announcement of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates from three different axes. Various electoral dramas have unfolded and will continue until the official decision by the General Election Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum …
Read More »Expensive Election and Inequality of Contestation
In the 2009 Elections, Nielsen Advertising Service (2009) reported that the funding for electoral activities, especially campaigns, tended to increase. The 2009 Presidential Election led to a 108 percent increase in government and political spending. The campaign funds for presidential …
Read More »Consolidation of Youth Democracy 2024–2029
“Young people must take it upon themselves to ensure that they receive the highest education possible so that they can represent us well in future as future leaders.” Nelson Mandela Indonesia’s democracy is undergoing a major transformation in the 2024 …
Read More »Expensive Elections and Inequality of Contestation
In the 2009 elections, Nielsen Advertising Service (2009) reported that funding for election activities, especially campaigns, tended to increase. The 2009 Presidential Election resulted in an increase in government and political spending of 108 percent. It is recorded that the …
Read More »Democracy in the Grip of Political Corruption
Indonesia democracy is flawed, that is the data from the study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Indonesia has only a score of 6.71 (on a scale of 10) in the Democracy Index for the year 2022. This score …
Read More »Optimizing Youth Political Participation
“Carpe diem!” In 2023, the General Election Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum or KPU) finalized the Permanent Voter List (Daftar Pemilih Tetap or DPT) for the 2024 Elections. The total number of voters is 204,807,222. This figure still positions Indonesia as …
Read More »Consolidation of Young Democracy 2024–2029
“Young people must take it upon themselves to ensure that they receive the highest education possible so that they can represent us well in the future as future leaders.” Nelson Mandela Indonesian democracy is facing a major transformation phase in …
Read More »Non-Neutrality of Top Officials in Elections
2023 will be a year that illustrates the worsening neutrality of state officials in the context of elections. President Joko Widodo’s term “cawe-cawe” should mean the responsibility of state administrators to ensure that elections are free and fair. What happened …
Read More »Sovereignty of Youth Voter
Every time has its people, and every person has their time. This expression seems to be a fundamental law of history; everyone or every generation has the opportunity to be a determinant. Indeed, it is true that there are no …
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