Monday 24 June 2013

Politics and Government of Indonesia


Indonesia governing republic democratic multiparty presidential. As well as in other democracies, the political system in Indonesia is based on the Trias Politica that the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Legislative power is held by an organization called the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

MPR was once the highest state institution unicameral, but after the 4th amendment to the Assembly is not the highest body again, and also changed the composition of its membership. Assembly after the 1945 amendment, which since 2004 was transformed into a bicameral body consisting of 560 members of the House of Representatives (DPR) which is representative of the people through political parties, coupled with the 132 members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) which is the provincial representative of independent paths. DPR and DPD members elected by popular vote and was sworn in for a term of five years. Previously, members of the Assembly are all members of Parliament plus group representatives and military / police.
Executive agencies centered on the president, vice-president, and the cabinet. Cabinet Presidential Cabinet in Indonesia is that the ministers are responsible to the president and do not represent the political parties in parliament. Nonetheless, the current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was carried by the Democrats also pointed to a number of leaders of political parties to sit in his cabinet. The goal is to maintain the stability of the government given the strong position in the Indonesian legislature. However outposts strategically important and generally filled by a minister without portfolio party (coming from someone who is considered an expert in his field).
The judicial institution since the reform era and the 1945 amendment executed by the Supreme Court, the Judicial Commission and the Constitutional Court, including the administration of the judges. Nevertheless the presence of the Minister of Justice and Human Rights will be retained

No comments:

Post a Comment