Urgensi Penguatan Fungsi Legislasi Dewan Perwakilan Daerah dalam Sistem Ketatanegaraan Indonesia.

Abstract

Functioned as a regional representative council, DPD possessing a regional representative character principally has a broader representative character compared to DPR (Legislative Assembly). It is because its representative dimensions are based on all of the citizens living in the regions. The issues being studied include the urgency of strengthening the DPD’s legislative function in the Indonesian constitutional system. This is a normative research focused on primary and secondary materials of law including the regulation of law and the literatures relevant as the research object. In obtaining the primary and secondary materials, a library research was conductedby involving a descriptive-qualitative analysis. The research result then shows the existence of DPD in relationship with DPR and MPR as regulated in the Constitution of 1945 is not in line with the thought of its establishment. At this point, the reform on the structure of Indonesia Constitution toward a strong bicameralism is not materialized in the Constitution of 1945.