Jakarta - In the era of reform , electoral democracy we have given space to the individual candidate in the election , both at the provincial and district / city .

But until now there has not been accommodated independent candidates to participate in the event in 2014 Presidential election , the Constitutional Court uphold the Act 1945 Section 6 A paragraph ( 2 ) , that spouse or vice presidential candidate nominated by a political party or coalition of political parties . In fact , the opening of valves for independent candidate raises potential -presidential candidate who has the potential , kridibilitas , capacity and leadership are not less competitive with candidates from political parties. In addition , the presence of an independent candidate will be an oasis of democracy in the midst of increasingly strong political and cultural oligarchy transactional politics is increasingly rampant . Basis of Independent Candidates 1945 refers to Article 27 paragraph ( 1 ) that every Indonesian citizen has an equal footing before the law and government . So that it can be understood , every citizen has the same rights and opportunities to run as a presidential candidate , as long as it meets the requirements . Therefore , does not mean the legalization of independent candidates are still clogged faucet political rights of citizens to vote or vote in elections . And that means the blockage regeneration national leadership for the future of democracy in Indonesia. Presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election discourse is still dominated by old faces . Of the presidential candidates who dominated long championed . In fact , the almost -presidential candidate has ever fought in the 2009 Presidential election . Why until now there is no presidential candidate who dared to appear on individual lines ? In the 2009 election , from several independent candidates name first appears the name Rizal Malarangeng who openly championed himself a presidential candidate to advertise in the mass media . With capital capital , intellectual , political and popularity it has, no exaggeration if Rizal chose an independent path . Another young leaders who aggressively championed for president and support efforts to bring the independent candidates get political legitimacy is Fadjroel Rahman . Fadjroel known as a political intellectual and prominent NGO leaders . Although there has been an Independent candidate adoption by the Constitutional Court , Fadjroel remain consistent and continue mewacanakan ahead for judicial review of the rule of law in terms pencapresan election law does not accommodate the emergence of independent candidates . Then , what about the independent presidential candidate in America ? Is an independent candidate in the country more attractive than the presidential candidate of a political party ? In the 2008 U.S. election , presidential candidates Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain , is much more desirable than the independent candidates were circulated before the national election phase . For example the name Ralph Neder is paired with Matt Gonzalez as an independent candidate , did not attract the interest of U.S. citizens . In the U.S. elections in 2000 and 2004 we also know the name of the independent candidate from Ohio named Joe Schriner is paired with Dale Way from Michigan . The independent candidate , not salable because Americans tend to be more trusting candidates from political parties. One mechanism that makes the political party candidates to attract voters is the mechanism of the convention . How should Obama beat Hillary Clinton struggled to win at least 2,025 of the 2,049 delegates at the national elections . This is an example for us , if the party to function properly , then the parties actually do not have to worry about competing with independent presidential candidate ( Heryanto , 2011) . In the end , because there is great demand of the United States , the U.S. Elections 2012 and it seems there is no Independent candidates emerged as previous elections .