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Society, 7 (1), 11-20, 2019 P-ISSN: 2338-6932 | E-ISSN: 2597-4874 https://society.fisip.ubb.ac.id Regeneration Process of The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) To Maintain Its Existence By Election Year 2014 Yusa Djuyandi 1*, Fifi Lutfiah Sodikin 2 1 Department of Politics, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia 2 Political Insight, Bandung, Indonesia * Corresponding Author: [email protected] ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Publication Info: Political parties prepare prospective national leaders through a Research Article political recruitment process. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), one of the Islamic parties In Indonesia, has a Regional How to cite: Leadership Council (DPD) in each district or city. Regional Djuyandi, Y., & Sodikin, F. L. Leadership Council (DPD) of Bandung City is interesting to (2019). Regeneration Process of study since it has a unique regeneration process and the The Prosperous Justice Party organizations (under brow) have scored excellent cadres. This (PKS) to Maintain Its Existence study aims to analyze the regeneration process of DPD PKS by Election Year 2014. Society, at Bandung City to maintain its existence in the 2014 election 7(1), 11-20. using the theory of political recruitment through the regeneration pathway proposed by Almond and Powell. The DOI : 10.33019/society.v7i1.72 research was a qualitative method with data collection techniques carried out through secondary data collected by the Copyright © 2019. Owned by General Elections Commission (KPU) of Bandung City. The Author(s), published by Society primary data collected from PKS cadre interview process. This study found that the DPD PKS regeneration process of Bandung City affected the quality of promoted cadre, thus influencing the quality and existence of the party. The process This is an open access article. of regeneration has produced excellent cadres through education and training stages that make it exist. License: Attribution- Keywords: Existence; Regional Leadership Council; The NonCommercial-ShareAlike Election Year 2014; The Process of (CC BY-NC-SA) Regeneration; The Prosperous Justice Party Introduction the party in producing qualified cadres The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is an because they will be the next figures both in Islamic Political party considered having a PKS itself and national leaders (Suroto dan good strategy to select its candidate of Rudianto 2003; Tunjungsari, Lestari, and cadres. Regeneration pattern is primary for Sumarno 2017). Regeneration Process of The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) To Maintain Its Existence By Election Year 2014 This article is to study the regeneration politic. Not only that, the People's process running by The Regional Conscience Party (Hanura) and the National Representative Council (DPD) of The Democratic Party (Nasdem) have also Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) of Bandung implemented a similar strategy with the City. The process runs three patterns, one of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle them is by involving the cadres to join (PDI Perjuangan). Therefore, to keep it exist, political leadership training. The training is PKS begins to look at new activities in its to prepare them comprehensively about pattern of regeneration (Juliano 2014). knowledge of political parties, social issues, As a political party based on religion, PKS and other related to government. Besides, it has ordained as a da'wah party from the also aims to produce qualified and Islamic beginning, new activities in the regeneration characteristic cadres since they will be the pattern regarded as a brave movement. The next leaders both in public and internal party modifies its political movements and party (PKS itself).1 bore enormous consequences through Tight competition among political reorganization and change the regeneration parties, moreover, new parties present with strategy pattern. its reorganization is carried much political modality due to the pattern out by taking into account important factors of relations or access to the media becomes a that come from society need and the context challenge for PKS to maintain the party exist of democracy in Indonesia, by softening the in the 2014 election. One of its regeneration line of ideology in the context of short-term patterns Jamaah Tarbiyah (Islamic strategic interests to gain votes. Proselytizer community) movement on PKS needs to show the public about Universities (Anismar 2014) begins to face how the party very concerns about issues intense competition. The old and the new that are in demand or demanded by the parties begin to enter and strengthen their public, ranging from political and legal influence in universities by recruiting issues, such as anti-corruption issues and students as the young wing of the party consistent in guarding good governance, to through movements. The parties are not the issue of people`s economic only doing socialization of their vision, development. mission and work program but also holding Aminuddin (2010) considered that the activities that can embrace student voters strategy provides a great advantage for PKS groups such as Leadership training to because if this party only moves to maintain entrepreneurial seminar activities. the old ideological base, it will only get The Indonesian Democratic Party of votes from its ideological voters only, while Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) had already been others will not. networks in universities through the This study is to discover how the Indonesian National Student Movement regeneration process of the Prosperous (GMNI). However, it has begun using new Justice Party (PKS) in maintaining the party strategies in embracing millennial groups exist ahead of the 2014 General Election for through activities that are not engage with Bandung City ? There are several studies or previous research that have proximity or relevance to 1 http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/bandung- this study. The first is a study by Anneu raya/2016/11/25/pks-jawa-barat-gelar-sekolah- Dahliany (2012) entitled "Recruitment kepemimpinan-partai-385846 (PKS Jawa Barat Gelar Sekolah Kepemimpinan Partai) 11 Juli 2018 pattern of Political Party Leaders in Copyright © 2019. Owned by Author(s), published by Society. This is an open-access article under CC-BY-NC-SA license. https://doi.org/10.33019/society.v7i1.72 12 Regeneration Process of The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) To Maintain Its Existence By Election Year 2014 Increasing Political Parties work (Case Theoretical Framework Study in DPD PKS Bandung City)". The 1. The Function of Political Parties results of the study discuss the mechanism In countries that use a political system carried out by DPD PKS in Bandung City of democracy, the existence of political during the recruitment process of party parties is considered important as a leaders conducting Pemira (Great Election) representation of representatives of with consideration from the Shura Majlis community groups. The presence of political (consultative assembly or legislative body). parties is very important in a modern and The second is a study by Akbar Sandro complex structure of society because Yudho Dhiharso (2011) entitled "Cadre political parties consider having the ability System among Islamic Parties (Study of to channel complex political participation in Tarbiyah PKS in Yogyakarta)". The thesis society (Djuyandi 2018: 150). discusses the Tarbiyah mechanism in the Although political parties in PKS as a condition and recruitment of constitutional democracies (liberal) and prospective cadres. authoritarian countries (communists) play a And third is a study by Aminuddin different role, they have similar functions: (2010) regarding "Reorganizing the a. As political socialization, namely Prosperous Justice Party in Indonesia". This transmitting political culture in the study explains more about the framework of forming attitudes and metamorphosis of PKS as part of a medium- orientations of community members as term strategy for mental constituent bases citizens (political education). that step by step has begun to form and b. As political recruitment, namely the cover a wider area of social-political party selects and selects and appoints a awareness. person or group of people to carry out Therefore, this research is broadening several roles in the political system in and enriching the literature from previous general, and the government studies. The three previous studies do not specifically. discuss political parties that exist as a focus c. As political participation is to become a of research analysis. means of activity for the community in This study explains how the influencing the process of forming regeneration process running by the DPD government leaders through elections PKS of Bandung City produces qualified and the creation or implementation of cadres and can maintain a mass base that government policies. influences on the party exist. Beside, d. As political communication, namely as Bandung City is the largest PKS base since the conveyer of information about the Governor of West Java elected for two politics from the government to the periods. community and from the community to Based on the background, this article the government. will discuss and analyze in this paper are e. As political parties as a means of the cadre regeneration process of cadres that regulating conflict, namely helping to influences PKS exist. overcome or at least minimize the occurrence of conflict. This condition is also based on the view of Lijphart (1968) who said that the existence of differences or
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