PERKEMBANGAN DAN PROSPEK PARTAI POLITIK LOKAL DI PROPINSI NANGGROE ACEH DARUSSALAM

Abstract

As a consequence of the agreement between the Acehnese Freedom Movement (GAM) and Indonesian government, Aceh Province had a very special autonomy which made this province the only one which was allowed to establish a local political party. This special treatment was actually a privilege for this province in order to persuade the GAM to give up their rebellion and come back as the integral part of Indonesian‘s Government. Given this background, this thesis tried to examine the development and prospect of this local political party during and after the 2009 election. The main findings of this research were: first of all, there were six local political party which followed as a contestant of the 2009 election: Prosperous and Safety Party (PAAS), The Aceh Sovereignty Party (PDA), The Independent Voice of Acehnese Party (SIRA), Acehnese Party (PRA), Aceh Party (PA) and Aceh United Party (PBA). Second, there were three parties which had strong influence among the six which are PA, PDA and PRA. PA gained its strong influence since it was established by GAM‘s exponent, whereas PDA improved its influence to the Islam‘s followers in Aceh while PRA was followed by NGO‘s activists and academics community. Third, in the local level, the local parties tend to have stronger influence than national party. Fourth, the influence of local parties will go stronger as the time goes by since it was deeply rooted in Aceh province.