Indonesia nowadays is in the situation of stagnant democracy. Several recent studies indicate that the quality of Indonesian democracy remains low. Numerous studies from survey institutions also indicate similar tendencies. Several fundamental grounds indicating low democracy include: weak public participation, impeded civil liberty, the existence of oligarchy, elitism, problematic law enforcement, political injustice and rampant corruption. This paper will employ qualitative method and documents study by using a multi-dimensional approach that involves the dimensions of leadership, structural, institutional, procedural and cultural in responding to the problem. Specifically, there are 6 conditions that become the focus of this paper to measure the stagnancy tendency, including: (1) national leadership condition, (2) political party condition, (3) trias political condition, (4) civil society condition, (5) political independence of the society condition and (6) the rule of law condition. This paper will lead to the conclusion that since the whole 6 conditions have not been fully fulfilled yet as previously expected, as the consequences, Indonesia's democratic condition will not differ from the situation either in the pandemic era or before. In this relation, a significant breakthrough is deemed pivotal to improve all six conditions to lead Indonesia to be free from democracy stagnation.

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Indonesia Political Condition Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: The Continuation of Democracy Stagnation Tendency and Its Potential Solutions

  • Firman Noor,
  • Dini Rahmiati,
  • Devi Darmawan

摘要

Indonesia nowadays is in the situation of stagnant democracy. Several recent studies indicate that the quality of Indonesian democracy remains low. Numerous studies from survey institutions also indicate similar tendencies. Several fundamental grounds indicating low democracy include: weak public participation, impeded civil liberty, the existence of oligarchy, elitism, problematic law enforcement, political injustice and rampant corruption. This paper will employ qualitative method and documents study by using a multi-dimensional approach that involves the dimensions of leadership, structural, institutional, procedural and cultural in responding to the problem. Specifically, there are 6 conditions that become the focus of this paper to measure the stagnancy tendency, including: (1) national leadership condition, (2) political party condition, (3) trias political condition, (4) civil society condition, (5) political independence of the society condition and (6) the rule of law condition. This paper will lead to the conclusion that since the whole 6 conditions have not been fully fulfilled yet as previously expected, as the consequences, Indonesia's democratic condition will not differ from the situation either in the pandemic era or before. In this relation, a significant breakthrough is deemed pivotal to improve all six conditions to lead Indonesia to be free from democracy stagnation.