The Parties in Indonesia's Administrative System in the House of Representative Memberby

Abstract

The terms and ordinances of the dismissal of members of the House of Representative (DPR) are regulated by law, as stated in Article 22B of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. Political parties are granted the authority to recall or dismiss DPR members during their tenure under the Law on Political Parties and the Law on DPR, DPD, and DPRD. The principle of people sovereignty has been deemed to be incompatible with the mechanism of recall through political parties, as the people are not involved as electors in it. The motivation for political parties to recall members of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR) is also heavily influenced by the interests of the party, including those of its executives. This is why it is imperative to regulate the recall mechanism for DPR members by political parties in order to ensure legal certainty and justice for the members of DPR and the general public as electors.