Pemilihan Presiden Langsung Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Demokrasi Di Indonesia
Abstract: One of the important
principles of state of law is the principle of legality. The principle of
legality is closely related to the idea of democracy and the idea of a state of
law. Stateagencies are fittings state as intended by the Act of 1945, that one
of them is the President and Vice President. As the head of state and head of
government elected as apair directly by the people as mandated by the Constitution,
the implementation of the 2014 general election and the election of President
and Vice President are the result of the election held directly by the people,
is a manifestation of the success of the process democratization in Indonesia. From
this background, the problem can be formulated as follows: How does the systemgeneral
election of President and Vice President are directly in Indonesia ?, How is
the impact of the election of President and Vice President to democracy in
Indonesia ?. This study aimed to evaluate the implementation of the general
election of President and Vice President are directly in order to strengthen
the system of governance in Indonesia. To determine whether the election of
President and Vice President are directly able to fight for the aspirations and
interests of the people of Indonesia in a ruling government. This research is a
normative law (literature study), Source of data in this research is secondary
data.
This study uses literature study (normative law), which examines the
general election of President and Vice President directly, regulatory law,
literature, dictionaries,newspapers, magazines, papers and the results of the
problems examined. From this study, the authors conclude elect the President
and Vice President are directly referred to in Article 6A of the 1945
Constitution of the Third Amendment of 2001, Law No. 23 Year 2003 regarding the
General Election of President and Vice President as amended into Law No. 42 of
2008 on Elections General President and the Vice President said thatthe
election was carried out in direct, public, free, confidential, honest, and
fair every five years, and was held to elect the President and Vice-President,
through elections, sovereign people elect the President and Vice-President of
the expected can fight for the aspirations and interests in a government ruling.
The government in power is itself a result of the people's choice was to rule
the State. Folk exercise control or supervision of the government. Thus,
through the general election of President and Vice President through a
democratic procedure of the people will be able to always be involved in the
political process and are directly or indirectly assert sovereignty over state
power and government through their representatives.
Penulis: Andro Prayogi
Naradipa
Kode Jurnal: jphukumdd151168
