Transcendental Study On Democracy Concept Formulation in Indonesia and Its Implementation Post Reformasi Era
Triwahyuningsih , Siti Zuliyah

Ahmad Dahlan University

Abstract

Law character as a country having Pancasila implies a transcendental value towards the One Almighty God. The law spirited by the soul of justice and democracy principle is purposed to preserve and uphold the human dignity. Therefore, law should be underlying upon principles and values of democracy. Its naive when we implement law that is isolated or going too far from the current political system, which is democracy of Pancasila.
The aim of the research is elaborating transcendentally about the concept of democracy and its implementation after the amendment of Undang-Undang Dasar (Constitution) 1945. Its a normative research. The material used in this research was coming from primary and secondary legal material by using philosophical, political, and historical approaches. This research conclusion: (1) The Arrangement of democracy concept in Indonesia is a religious democracy, which individual believes in God as it is stated on the preamble of UUD 1945. The preamble was agreed and legalized in the Assembly of Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI) on 18th of August 1945. That formulation was the agreement amongst founding fathers, becoming the legal basis of state, spiritual soul, and resulting final concept, binding constitutionally in the life of the state. Pancasila has become the state philosophy (Philosopchische Grondslag), state ideology, and Indonesian views of life (Weltanschauung) (2) The implementation of democracy in Indonesia after amendment of UUD 1945 ,which is democratic deliberation as it is stated on the 4th verse, had been hindered by cultural, institutional, and structural obstacles.

Keywords: Democracy, Post Reformasi, Transendental.

Topic: State Ideology and Civic Education