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View all search resultsLegislative-Council
Academia 1 year ago
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Prabowo's leadership: Balancing centralization and the future of Indonesia’s democracy
Prabowo's big-tent leadership approach hearkens the pre-Reform top-down governance model and signals a regression toward centralized authority, leaving a question as to whether he can rise to the challenge of strengthening Indonesia's pluralistic, inclusive democracy toward sustainable governance.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Nudging legislative constraints in constitutional amendment
The public was shocked when a number of controversial bills were about to be passed, though delayed. But what was not realized all around was the fact that all the bills had been approved in their entirety by virtually all political parties, without any meaningful debate or contention among themselves.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Presidential system and unnecessary constitutional amendment
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signaled his objection to a plan to amend the 1945 Constitution. Like many others, he is afraid the constitutional amendment would restore the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) as the highest state institution and therefore pave the way for a return to the indirect election of the president by the MPR. He also thinks reinstatement of the State Policy Guidelines (GBHN), another item on the agenda of the amendment, is inadequate for rapid economic transformation.
