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Transforming Governance: Indonesia’s Presidential Election 2014

Transforming Governance: Indonesia’s Presidential Election 2014
Susi Dwi Harijanti, Ph.D
Universitas Padjadjaran, Information Ethics And Security Future of International World Time Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed.)
Bahasa Inggris
Universitas Padjadjaran, Information Ethics And Security Future of International World Time Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed.)
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Since the beginning of the reform period in 1998, Indonesia has transformed from a highly militarized and centralized authoritarian system into a relatively open, stable and democratic governance. A number of wide ranging reforms have been pursued by the country, including political reforms designed to improve the works of both political and state’s institutions, and significant changes dealing with the legal sector. Of these the electoral reform has been regarded as the most fundamental change as Indonesia has adopted direct, free and fair as well as just elections under the supervision of an independent Electoral Commission. The changes include the involvement of the Constitutional Court as the sole judicial institution having powers to settle disputes in regard to the result of elections. So far, Indonesia has carried out four elections since 1998. The first direct presidential election was held in 2004. However, the 2014 presidential election, which just recently finished on July 22, has been regarded as the most competitive and ‘hard’ process as there was only two pairs of candidate. This article specifically discusses and examines as whether the 2014 presidential election is able to transform governance solely based on procedural democracy into a substantive democracy.

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