The changes in the 1945 Constitution from 1999 to 2022 have changed the Indonesian constitutional system. Starting from shifting the concept of people’s sovereignty which has implications for the implementation of sovereignty which no longer places the MPR as the highest state institution, strengthening the presidential system and strengthening the separation of powers, the presence of new institutions such as the MK and KY, to the mechanism for dismissing the President. The new state administration practice after the amendment to the 1945 Constitution needs to be reflected and evaluated. For this reason, the RI MPR Study Agency collaborated with the Center for Constitutional and Governance Studies (PSKK) to conduct a State Institutional Study. The Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, worked an FGD on the issue of State Institutions and Relations between State Institutions, in Surabaya, on 25 November 2022.
Drs. Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa. Bc.IP., M.Sc, member of the MPR and an experienced politician, was involved in the amendments to the 1945 Constitution in 1999-2004. It was also attended by 2 Indonesian MPR and the Review Board members, namely H. Johan Rosihan, ST., and Slamet Ariyadi, S.Psi,. The participants who attended were lecturers and researchers affiliated with the Center for Constitutional and Governance Studies at the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, such as Dri Utari C.R., LL.M, Dr. M. Syaiful Aris, Dr. Rosa Ristawati, PSKK fellow from BRIN, Otto Trengginas and several others.
In his introduction, Mr. Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa stated that the Assessment Body needs views and input from academics who are free to convey their thoughts and ideas regarding state institutions. This FGD has ten sub-themes relevant to the issue of state institutions, such as the position of the KY, the DPR’s approval function in public office, DPD participation mechanisms in legislation, state involvement in changes to the 1945 Constitution, and other themes. In this FGD, all participants actively explained each appropriate sub-theme and received responses from the members of the Assessment Body. The discussion took place interestingly on actual issues, such as the problem of removing MK judges.
Dr. Radian Salman, Chairman of PSKK expressed his gratitude for the several times the MPR Review Board has given the trust to this collaboration and hopes that PSKK can contribute through FGDs whose output is in the form of articles that will be published in the Jurnal Majelis.
