DEMOCRACY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AFTER THE REFORMS

Abstract

A country is said to be democratic when the general election system is implemented. Likewise with Indonesia, which throughout its post-independence journey has run a general election system, both legislative and executive, with various formulas and changes. Indonesia then began to improve its constitutional system, preceded by amendments to the constitution, namely during the reformation period in 1998. In changing the constitution, the construction of general elections, especially in the presidential and vice-presidential election, underwent significant changes. This can be seen from the term of office of the president, the election system, the origin of the president to the dismissal process. Unfortunately, changes to the constitution are not directly proportional to the implementation of the election law. The general election law, especially for the president and vice president, is increasingly experiencing ups and downs of democratic values. Then how to see the ups and downs of democracy in the presidential and vice presidential election in Indonesia. This writing method is normative juridical with collection techniques with library data. The type of data used is secondary data which is then analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The ups and downs of democracy in the presidential and vice-presidential elections in Indonesia are then reviewed by the authors using three categories as analysis tools, with the following results and conclusions. First, the threshold for presidential and vice-presidential elections to become an entry point in simplification of political parties for the sake of strengthening the presidential system is inappropriate. Second; related to the construction of Indonesian political parties. That the simplification of political parties must pay attention to fundamental reasons that cannot be separated from. Third; related to general election law products, the general election law from time to time experiences a process of democratic decline.