Young Generation Plays Important Role in Creating Safe and Peaceful 2024 Regional Elections
By: Devi Putri Anjani
The younger generation has a very important role in ensuring that the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) can take place safely and peacefully.
In the regional political contestation event, all elements of society have hopes that the 2024 Pilkada can be realized safely and peacefully. In the midst of the euphoria of democracy that is continuing to develop, the role of the younger generation is very crucial in maintaining how social and political stability is realized.
Young people clearly have the potential to become very significant agents of change in creating a conducive atmosphere for the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada).
The government, through the ranks of security forces and in collaboration with several other parties, continues to intensify calls for young people to increase their active participation in creating safe and peaceful Regional Head Elections.
The younger generation is known as the group most familiar with technology and social media. In this digital era, information can spread quickly through various online platforms.
Here, the younger generation has an important role as a disseminator of accurate and objective information. By sharing correct information and avoiding the spread of fake news (hoaxes), they can prevent provocation and division in society.
This was realized, among other things, by the Indonesian Young Politicians Forum (FPMI) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) together with the DIY Regional Police (Polda) holding an event to invite all young people to make a strong commitment to reject money politics and black campaigns or hoaxes.
The Coordinator of FPMI Bantul Region, Farid Rumi Al Rasjid, hopes that they can continue to distribute educational information and provide positive invitations to the public, both verbally and in writing, to work together to create a safe, peaceful, clean and integrity-based election.
Lately, the apathy of the younger generation has also been seen to be fading day by day in relation to the politics of the country. This can also be seen from how many young people take important roles in various lines of life, one of which is to participate in campaigning for the realization of a peaceful Simultaneous Regional Election.
This awareness must continue to be maintained and safeguarded together, because currently young people have realized that the majority of those who hold the right to vote in the Regional Head Elections are their generation.
Therefore, the young generation must play an active role in creating a peaceful Simultaneous Regional Election. One of the efforts is by socializing the dangers of hoaxes in the community, both directly through open discussion forums and socializing on social media.
The Chairman of the Islamic Students Association (HMI) Badko Sumbagtera (Central and North Sumatra), Gopinda Aditya Putra explained that his party cares about the sustainability of democracy.
According to him, by realizing peaceful and quality regional elections, it is not impossible that leaders will be born who also have high quality, which will ultimately provide prosperity for the region and its people.
Meanwhile, President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the implementation of the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections will be a very important momentum. For that, all parties are important to work together to prepare for this democratic moment as well as possible.
The government’s preparation for the Regional Head Elections has indeed been going on very well since long ago. Moreover, because the Indonesian people have also become more aware of democracy, the government continues to maintain and care for the people’s trust in the democratic process of the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections.
The government is strongly committed to continuously ensuring that the quality of the Pilkada implementation improves over time. With hard work together, it is not impossible that the democratic party can run safely, peacefully and democratically.
The 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) are a very important momentum for all regions in Indonesia to continue to strengthen their democratic climate. In this effort, the younger generation has a vital role in creating a safe and peaceful democratic party atmosphere.
By being a responsible disseminator of information, then promoting the values of tolerance, then prioritizing political ethics, and continuing to build solidarity between generations. All of these things make young people the main pillar in maintaining social and political stability during the Pilkada period.
Realizing honest and fair regional head elections is not only the task of one party, such as the government or election organizers, but is the shared responsibility of all citizens without exception, including the younger generation.
Together we can make the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections as proof that Indonesia is able to implement a healthy democratic climate with full peace and unity and continues to uphold honesty and justice.
*) Analyst at the Main Sadawira Institute
