Term Limitation of Indonesian Parliamentarians Seen from Constitutionalism
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https://doi.org/10.5380/rinc.v11i2.91104Keywords:
constitutionalism; democracy; Indonesian parliamentarians; restrictions; term.Abstract
This article intends to use a constitutionalist lens to examine why term limits for Indonesia's People's Representative Council and Regional Representative Council are necessary. The article employs the statutory approach, the conceptual approach, and the comparative approach to writing about normative law. The article makes use of deductive and inductive reasoning strategies grounded in prescriptive analysis. Due to the inability to locate a clause or provision that regulates limitedly regarding the limitation of the term of office of members of the People's Representative Council and Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, from a constitutionalist's perspective, the paper concludes that such a limitation is urgently necessary. Since constitutionalism necessitates checks and balances, it follows that this goes against the Republic of Indonesia's constitution. As a result, the article concludes that three (3) factors emphasize the necessity of term limits for members of the Indonesian Parliament as a means of strengthening the principle of constitutionalism: (1) the existence of a legal vacuum, (2) the poor quality of Indonesian democracy, and (3) the importance of leadership regeneration.
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