THE ANALYSIS OF ANTI-PARTY SENTIMENT IN INDONESIA
Abstract
DKI Jakarta governor election 2017 is still on process, but there is
some interesting political dynamic that is happened. One of the most
interesting phenomenon is when Basuki Thahaja Purnama or Ahok
declared to join DKI Jakarta governor election 2017 without join any political
parties or being independent candidate. This decision gets support from
young volunteers which called as #TemanAhok, #TemanAhok is an
organization consisting of volunteers gathering law that was founded by a
group of young people with the aim of "accompany" and assist the Governor
of DKI Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama in his vision to manifest Jakarta
clean, advanced and humane.
This research aims to describe the phenomenon of anti-party
sentiment that arise in DKI Jakarta Governor Election 2017 and to analyze
what types of anti-party sentiment arise in DKI Jakarta Governor Election
2017. The types of anti-party sentiment that arise in DKI Jakarta is divided
in two types, first type is reactive anti-party sentiment which is dealing with
the inconsistencies of the political parties, the ideological labels of political
parties, and the rhetoric of politicians. While in the cultural anti-party
sentiment, the chapter discusses the political situation in Jakarta, the
existence of the experience of dictatorial regime, and the existence the
political upheaval and discontinuity.