Gunung Walat, Sukabumi – Debriefing of female legislative candidates for the Crescent Star Party (PBB) was held on March 29-31, 2013 in Gunung Walat University Forest.
Female legislative candidates for national House of Representatives (DPR-RI) of the Crescent Star Party debriefing (PBB) was attended by 67 participants from all over Indonesia.
“The debriefing of PBB female candidates refers to the election law which requires 30% of female candidates. However, we do not want the PBB only based on the number but must be based on the quality. That is why before becoming a member of the legislature, we give debriefing about the duties of the role of the DPR-RI, the issues fought for in their respective electoral area, the aqidah which is the ideology of the PBB based on Islamic Sharia, and the PBB opportunities to win the election” said Nur Aida, SH, M.Sc as the national coordinator of female legislative candidates.
“This debriefing is held in Gunung Walat to make it not to be interfered by personal matters so that the participants can focus. Our expectations are the participants have the provision for how to map the issues in their constituencies and know their duties and functions in the DPR”, added Nur Aida.
Activities during debriefing included presentation of material and discussion by each trainer, evening prayers, obligatory mass-prayer, experience exchange, sharing new knowledges about the world of politics in Indonesia, and games by the master of training to engage the participants because participants have not known each other because they just met for the first time at this GWUF.
The trainers in this activity were Syarifin Maloko, SH, MM who shared about the ideology of PBB, Mawardi Abdullah, SE, M.Sc. who shared about duties, functions, an authority of the DPR-RI member, Isa Suardika Bahri from the Dawah Council who shared about the principle of party’s political struggle, Dra. Tati Hartimah, MA who shared about issues of women’s struggle in the legislature, and Dr. MS Kaban who shared about politics and power.
In this opportunity, Dr. MS Kaban explained about the role of Islam in democracy, shared his organizational experience till he entered to the politics, motivated participants to remain optimistic in the upcoming elections for the progress of PBB and the glory of Indonesia, and shared other things about politics in Indonesia.
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