Government Strategy in Political Education as Public Participation Improvement to Reach Democracy System in Semarang City

Abstract

Republic of Indonesia is a democratic country which means  all matters  in  the country must be  based on the wishes of  the  people.  Successful  democracy  in a country can be  judged by  the implementation of  direct, general, free ,  and secret elections.  The p eople have the right to determine their government so that people have valuable values in a democratic country. In this study,  researchers formulated the government strategy in political education  as an effort to increase public participation in realizing a democratic system  in  Semarang  City .  This  research used a  descriptive qualitative  method . This research  was conducted in Semarang  City ,  Central Java. The implementation of a political education by the Semarang City government has not been  maximized . Based on  the results of the research, the provision of information for the implementation of public political participation, especially the young age  group has not  been running optimally. Second, the Media (political parties) as an aggregation of the public interests, must be more active in building communication systems, one of which is  by  gathering public  aspirations in public consultation forums. Third, the implementation of political activities are in various methods, such as social activities, seminars, studies, socialization and training, and coaching,  th ose implementations are  determined according to the right conditions, scheduled and routine, but  d o  not  rule out the possibility of activities adapted to existing conditions.