Political Dynasties and the Erosion of the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia

The conceptualization, theory, and practice of political dynasties are the things that result in the low quality of democracy in Indonesia. This research discusses political dynasties and democracy in Indonesia. The research method in this study uses qualitative methods. Qualitative research methods are a method of research that emphasizes more on analysis and description. The results of the study show that the presence of political dynasties in democracy in Indonesia poses problems at the local level. The main problem is the stagnation of leadership and the lack of public participation because everything is controlled by the elite. Political dynasties also make it difficult to create a good and clean democratic state, which has an impact on the emergence of power distortions and can give birth to corruption, collusion, and nepotism. One example of several cases of political dynasties in the region is the involvement of President Jokowi's son-in-law and son in politics, who took positions as Mayor of Solo and Mayor of Medan. Getting involved in politics is not a violation of human rights. But with the nomination of two members of President Jokowi's family in his second term of government, it is not impossible for political ethics violations by the two family members to occur. The legality of the practice of political dynasties in Indonesia has been legal due to the birth of the Constitutional Court Decision No: 33/PUU-XIII/2015 concerning the material test of Law No. 8 of 2015 concerning Regional Elections, confirming the legality of political dynasties in the Indonesian constitutional law system. The Constitutional Court stated that the article was not in accordance with Article 28 I paragraph 2 of the 1945 Constitution. With the decision of the Constitutional Court, it increases the fertility in the growth of political dynasties and can reduce or even eliminate qualified figures from the position.