USIPP #4: Democracy and Its Instruments

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Our first agenda today were visiting the Office of DKI Jakarta’s Governor. While waiting for meeting time, we visited Museum National popularly known as Museum Gajah which is located nearby the office. Though I have come to Jakarta many times, that was my first time to visit this museum. The story behind the name of Museum gajah is that, right in front of the building, they have an Elephant (Gajah) statue. The bronze statue itself was a gift from Thailand’s King when he was visited Indonesia in President Soekarno’s Era. We did not have much time, thus we were only seeing the first and second floor of the main building. The first floor consist of statue of Indonesia’s cultural figures made by stone such as Hindu’s Gods, etc. In the upstair, they have a gold museum which is relatively new.

Museum Nasional


After that, we went to the Governor office where the Vice Governor of Tourism and Culture, Mr. Sukerti Martono, greeted us. We had a nice lunch there and continued our visitation to the Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi). It was impressive. Judge Harjono basicly explained the authority of Constitusional Court 
1. Settle the dispute dealing with authority between state's body (Lembaga Negara).
2. Judicial Review.
3. Dealing with dissolution of political party.
4. Election issues.
5. Involving with impeachment of the President.


He also mentioned that Pancasila is a part of the Preambule and is not subject to be changed. It is the articles that are subject to be changed. Furthermore, he elaborated how the Constitutional Court keeps their body clean from corruption, bribery, and such. Here are some of the explanations:
1. They have 9 judges which 3 of them are appointed by the President, 3 more are appointed by Parliament (DPR), and the rest are appointed by the Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung).
2. Most of the judges have academic background, which away from politics/ briberies.
3. When the Constitutional Court was built, there was no significant political power and that was a good environment to grow.


The View from the Constitutional Court

Judge Harjono and Mr. Jun







Fatima Hill


Museum Bank Indonesia

Dinner at Bandar Jakarta






That was all for today. See ya on the next journey! ;)



Jakarta, June 7th, 2012

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