DEMOCRACY OF

INDONESIA
Azhar Alam
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY AS LIFE
STYLE

The next development, democracy is not only

meant as a form of government or political
system, but democracy interpreted as an
attitude to life.
ICCE team IUN (2003: 112) said that
democracy as a way of life. That democracy
does not come with its ownin the life of the
state. It requires a supporting device
namely conducive culture as a mind set and
social setting.
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY AS LIFE
STYLE

Based on the opinions of the above,

democracy is not justa form of
government or political system, but the
main is a form of living together in
society,state and nation.
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY AS LIFE
STYLE

Henry B Mayo (Mirriam Budiarjo, 2008: 118-119)

identifying the presence of 8 (eight) values ​of democracy,
namely:
1)peaceful conflict resolution and voluntary,
2) guarantee peaceful change in a dynamic society,
3) turnover authorities on a regular basis,
4) use a little force as possible,
5)recognition and respect for diversity,
6) Enforcement justice,
7) to advance science, and
8) the recognition of respect for freedom.
Principles and Indicators of Democracy

 Robert Dahl (Zamroni, 2011: 15) states there are

two major dimensions of democracy, namely:
1) free competition among the candidates, and 2)
participation for those who have grown up having
political rights.
 In connection with the two The democratic
principles, in general it can be said that
democracy has two main characteristics that
justice (equality) and
freedom (freedom).
Principles and Indicators of Democracy

 Existential principle of democracy, namely:

1)freedom, 2) similarity and 3) the rule of the
majority (the people).

 Similar opinion was expressed by Maswadi Rauf

(1997: 14)that democracy has two main
principles namely democracy
freedom / equality (freedom / equality) and the
sovereignty of the people (people's
sovereignty).
Principles and Indicators of Democracy

 1.1 Freedom / equation (freedom / equality)Freedom and equality

are the foundations of democracy.Freedom is regarded as a means
of achieving progress withprovide maximum results from the efforts
of absence restrictions from the authorities.

 1.2 The sovereignty of the people (people's sovereignty)

The concept of sovereignty is essentially a policy
made is the will of the people and for the people's interests.
Such mechanisms will accomplish two things. First, the smallthe
possibility of abuse of power and, second,
ensuring the interests of the people in the task of government
duties.Another embodiment of the concept of sovereignty is control
by the people.
FRAMEWORK INDICATORS
(COMPONENTS )OF DEMOCRACY
1. Guaranteed Framework of Equal Citizen Rights. ):
a. Equal Citizenship , and 2
b. (Civil and Political Rights).
2. Representative and Accountable
the Government Institutions.
consists of six themes, namely:
1) Free and Fair Elections (Free and FairElections),
2) Democratic Political Party (Democratic PoliticalParties),
3) Civil-Military Relations (Civil-Military Relations),
4)Transparency and accountability Government (Governmental
Transparency and Accountability),
5) Rule of Law (Rule of Law), and
6)Decentralization (Decentralization
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

It should be understood that, functioning

democracy in Indonesia produced a
number of significant progress in terms of
procedural. Election legislative,
presidential elections, until elections can
take place freely, transparent,
democratic, and most importantly in a
peaceful atmosphere.
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

The idea of ​Democracy Founding

Is the idea or the idea of ​democracy is on
the minds of the founders
state when he talked about the basics of
civic BPUPKI year 1945?
The founders of the country (The Founding
Fathers) we umumnya Indonesia agree
that the state should be established
democracy country.
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

The idea of ​Democracy Founding

Is the idea or the idea of ​democracy is on
the minds of the founders
state when he talked about the basics of
civic BPUPKI year 1945?
The founders of the country (The Founding
Fathers) generally agree that Indonesia
state should be established in
democracy country.
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

According to Mohammad Hatta (1953: 39-41),

democracy was entrenched roots in social life.
Indonesian nation since the first
indeed been practicing ideas about democracy
though still modest and not the state level.
It is said that villages in Indonesia are already
running a democracy, for example by
elections to the village and the village
consultation meetings. That is called
"Genuine democracy".
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

The original democracy that has five elements

or elements namely; meeting, consensus,
mutual cooperation, the right to hold a joint
protest and rights aside from absolute royal
power.
At that time, Mohammad Hatta more
Like to us populist terms, to distinguish it
Western democracies tend to be
individualistic.
DEMOCRACY JOURNEY IN INDONESIA

Another opinion said that the development of

democracy divided in three periods in line
with political developments in
Indonesia, namely:
(1) The period 1945-1959 is a liberal
democracy,
(2) (2)period 1959-1966 is guided democracy
and
(3) (3) the period 1966-present
is Pancasila democracy (Mahfud MD, 1999)
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

In the first part has been stated that

democracy is not just form of government
and political system. Democracy is an
attitude of life which should grow and
develop in themselves citizens, both
ruling (organizing country) or not being
rule (ordinary citizens).
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

This democratic attitude, in turn, will produce a

democratic culture. Attitude to life and the
culture of democracy necessary to support
this form of government and political
systemdemocracy.
Democracies without the attitude and culture
democracy would only result in chaos and
anarchy. most democratic does not include
two things, namely the structure and culture
(Zamroni, 2011: 5).
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

Cultivating a culture of democracy

can be done through democracy education.
Education democracy is essentially
dissemination of democratic values ​in order
be accepted and implemented by citizens.
Education democracysubstantive concerns
Disseminate, actualization and
implementationsystems, values, concepts and
practices of democracy through education.
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

Cultivating a culture of democracy

can be done through democracy education.
Education democracy is essentially
dissemination of democratic values ​in order
be accepted and implemented by citizens.
Education democracy substantive concerns
Disseminate, actualization and
implementationsystems, values, concepts and
practices of democracy through education.
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

Democratic education aimed at preparing

citizens behave and act democratically,
through activities instill in The young
generation of knowledge, awareness and
democratic values.
Democracy education basically building a
democratic culture, which later together
with the democratic structure will be the
foundation for democracy country.
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

According Zamroni, (2001: 17) knowledge and

awareness the value of democracy, including three
terms.
First, the realization that democracy is the pattern of
life's most guarantee the rights of citizens
community itself, democracy is the best choice
among the poor on the pattern of statehood.
Second, democracy is a learning a long process and
not just copied from other communities.
Third, the survival of democracy depends on the
success of transforming democratic values ​in society
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

It is important to give attention to the

education of democracy namely formal
schools or other educational institutions
including education high.
This is possible because the school as an
educational institution which has been
programmed, planned, orderly and
sustainable order to educate citizens
including conducting democratic education.
EDUCATION OF DEMOCRACY

It is very important in democracy education

in schools is about democracy education
curriculum involving two things:
the arrangement and content of the
material (Winarno, 2007: 113).
structuring involvesloading democratic
education in a curricular activity, whether
explicitly loaded in a subject or subjects
or Inserted into common subjects