Jakarta (March 24th) – The effectiveness of parliamentary work can be achieved through simplification of Political Parties. However, the thing that also needs to be improved is the openness of faction. So that constituents can access and know the performance of faction. The statement was made by Ronald Rofiandri in discussions “For More Effective Parliament” in Jakarta. Ronald is also a researcher at Centre for the Study of Law and Policy, he said that in the currently new revised of Draft Law of MD3 is an effort to eliminate the faction accountability to constituents. “It would be counterproductive to the purpose of faction strengthening itself “, he continued.
On the other hand, Arwani Thomafi, Member of the special committee Draft Law of MD3 said that openness is not just for the faction, but also overall to the parliament. “I think Fraction occupied a central position in parliament, due to embody constituent needs. Therefore, they should be open” he explained.
The issue of strengthening faction was raised along with the rise of establishment of the simple party system in parliament. Simple party system is interpreted with little fragmentation concerns in Parliament so that make them faster in decision-making and did not take long-winded. However, the strengthening of this faction should also be accompanied with accountability of the members. Researchers Indonesian Parliamentary Centre (IPC), Hanafi said that despite the faction is strong, the openness and accountability at the level of members should also be given space, in order to balance between delegate function and trustee functions members of Parliament.[]