KEDUDUKAN DEWAN PERWAKILAN DAERAH REPUBLIK INDONESIA DALAM SISTEM KELEMBAGAAN LEGISLATIF INDONESIA
Abstract: The Indonesia's
transition to democracy process is the field ofconstitutional reform that goes
through the amendment of the Constitution of1945. The amendment of the
Constitution of 1945 is made by the character ofthe Constitution of 1945 that
opened the door to multiple interpretations andauthoritarian government. The
amendment of the Constitution of 1945 are alsoexpected to bring the atmosphere
of checks and balances. The amendment ofthe 1945 Constitution has been restore
the sovereignty in the hands of thepeople, who had been held by the People’s
Consultative Assembly (MPR) asthe highest institution. The prominent amendment
also is the President andVice President elected directly by the people. The
membership of the People’sConsultative Assembly (MPR) also changed, in
accordance with the provisionsof article 2, verse (1) “the People’s
Consultative Assembly (MPR) composedmembers of the legislative body (DPR) and
of the members of regional councils(DPD) are elected in general elections and
is set in the statute”. As a newinstitution, the regional councils (DPD) is a
manifestation of the regionalrepresentatives at the central level in order to
accommodate the aspirations ofthe people and some regions in Indonesia. The
presence of the regionalcouncils (DPD) are set out in Article 22C and Article
22D of the amendment ofthe Constitution of 1945, but the Council has the sole
function, especially whenassociated with a system of two rooms or a bicameral
parliamentary system inIndonesia. Because, if you look at the Assembly building
after the amendmentof the Constitution of 1945, which states that the MPR
consists of thelegislative body (DPR) and the regional councils (DPD), then
theparliamentary system in Indonesia demonstrates the use of the system
twochambers (bicameral). However, because of limited function held of
theregional councils (DPD), the regional councils (DPD) can not functionoptimally
as a second chamber.
Penulis: Ulfia Hasanah
Kode Jurnal: jphukumdd110124
