Democracy, based on the etymology is derived from two words, demos which means the people, and cratos which means power or sovereignty. So, democracy is the sovereignty of the state in the hands of the people, the highest power is in the joint decision of the people, the people rule, the government of the people, and power by the people. Today democracy is often spoken of, however, the more we talk about it, the more difficult it is to find examples of countries that fulfill it perfectly. Unlike other developing countries, the lively discussion about the democratic system in Indonesia does not come from the low understanding of the nation or government in this country about the democratic system. But, the Indonesian people at the level of implementing the political system understood many variants of democracy in the world from time to time after the independence of the Republic of Indonesia.
Therefore,
the Stube HEMAT Bengkulu Multiplication through its volunteers in Doloksanggul,
Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatera held a discussion on the topic
"Democracy from Age to Age" (Saturday, 10/30/2021) by presenting the
head of the Election Supervisory (Bawaslu) Humbang Hasundutan regency, Hendri
Wesly Pasaribu as resource persons.
Yedija Manullang opened the discussion by introducing Stube HEMAT as an institution for mentoring students and youth which is currently spread across six regions in Indonesia. Then, Hendri Pasaribu explained that each country has different government systems, for example presidential, parliamentary, communist, democratic, and liberal. "Indonesia's democratic journey initially did not establish a permanent system, this is proved by the change in the democratic system due to the dynamics and past situations at the beginning of Indonesia's independence," he said. Furthermore, Hendri explained three democracies that had been implemented in Indonesia, both during the Old Order, New Order, and the current (Post-Reform) period. "Indonesia during the old order under Soekarno's leadership had implemented Guided Democracy, then turned into a liberal democracy after the change in the Indonesian government system which changed to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia. Then it changed later as the government system changed by implementing the Pancasila Democracy system until now," he said.
In the embodiment of democracy, Indonesia holds a democratic party through General Elections and Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) as a means of the people's sovereignty itself. "Indonesia has held at least 12 elections, the first election was held in 1955 and the latest was in 2019. Meanwhile, the first Pilkada, directly elected by the people began in 2005, precisely in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. Before 2005 the Regional Head and Deputy Regional Head were elected by the regional legislative,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Pilkada in Humbahas has been held four times, in 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. From the results of the Pilkada, two leaders were born, namely Maddin Sihombing the Regent in 2005 and were re-elected in 2010. Then, Dosmar Banjarnahor was elected for two periods in 2015 and 2020. “Interestingly, the Pilkada in Humbahas is always filled with quite hot dynamics, especially the last one with the phenomenon of a single candidate against an empty box. Both are legal in the PMK 100/PUU-XII/2015 law concerning the legality of the single candidate for regional head and Law no. 10/2016 "Election with one candidate" Article 54C," explained Hendri.
The challenge and hope of Indonesian Democracy is the need for regulations in managing the implementation of Democracy, both the involvement of stakeholders, election administrators, and the security forces as well as public support in general. Implementing election results that are congruent with the election of executive officials who have legislative support creates the government stable and effective.
Marisi,
one of the Humbahas youth, considered that in the election, what should be a
people's party, the reality is the people are only a means to satisfy power
because there is no clear accountability from the people elected in the
election. "Election fraud seems to be taken not seriously because cheating
in the election should be proved both formal and material requirements. It
often stops only in the investigation process," Marisi criticized. Therefore,
Marisi, an alumnus of the North Sumatera University (USU), Faculty of Social
and Political Sciences, hopes that the activity done by Stube HEMAT is
important to keep democracy to be discussed, though starting from discussions of
small groups. Keep moving young people Humbang Hasundutan. ***
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