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. State
agencies 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 a
pair 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 system
general 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 that
the 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.
Keywords: Direct Presidential Elections - Democracy - Indonesia