Penguatan Kewenangan Dewan Perwakilan Daerah Republik Indonesia Dalam Bingkai Bikameralisme

Abstract

Early Studies about Indonesian Republic Regional Representatives has been done frequently, for instance, Purnomowati (2005), Ali Safa‟at (2005), and Efriza and Syafuan Rozi (2010) respectively finished studies covering Bicameralism Implementation, Comparative Study on Bicameralism, and The Development of Indonesia Parliament from Volksraad to DPD RI. But a research on the process of authority reinforcement by DPD RI within constitutional amendment itself has rarely done. This research objected to acknowledge the process of authority reinforcement by DPD RI within Indonesian Bicameralism through constitutional amendment consisting some primary forces, formal amendment, judicial interpretation, and convention. This research is using qualitative method with descriptive approach. Result of this research is DPD RI actuating authority reinforcement through constitutional amendment consisting of some primary forces, formal amendement, judicial interpretation, and convention but each of those posses particular characteristic on the implementation and differ one another at their functional aspects achievement in order to equalize DPR RI authority under Indonesian bicameralism.