Implications of Declining of Political Parties Image Post-Election 2014

Abstract

In democratic countries, political parties had crucial role as the communication intermediary between people with government. The phenomenon of decline in the image of the political party as the impact of public distrust of the political parties before and after the legislative elections and the presidential elections in 2014 brought several of the implications. It could complicate political democracy within the party itself and also led to the decline in political party image, as well as potentially interfered with the development of culture and the democratization process in Indonesia. Thus the phenomenon certainly required anticipation, both in the form of regulation as well as practical politics. The purpose of this study was to obtain some information of the implications for the declining in the image of political parties after the legislative elections and the presidential elections in 2014. Methods used was using descriptive analysis with qualitative approach and become parts of investigational report. Data were collected from documentation and interview. The results was consist of two aspect: (1) regulation aspect; and (2) the relationship between political party’s member with constituent and the voters based on people valuation for with the performance of political parties in carrying out the role and functions of political parties, whether normative or theoretical. In conclusion, the declining of political party image was happen because of their act was usually coming from material needs and power need which made several compromised between parties or its member, not from the party’s ideology.

Keywords: democracy; general election; ideology; image of political party