a study on authoritarian regime in indonesia: perspective of the 1945constitution as a democratic constitution

The 1945 constitution is the foundation of the constitution of indonesia founded on the ideal ofpancasila that comprehend democratic values. as a democratic constitution, the 1945 constitution isexpected to form a constitutional pattern and a democratic government system. however, the 1945constitution has never formed a state structure and a democratic government system since it becomes thefoundation of the constitution of the state of indonesia in the era of the old order, the new order and thereform era. such conditions bear the question of why the 1945 constitution as a democratic constitutionnever brings about the pattern of state administration and democratic government system. the conclusionis, a democratic constitution, the 1945 constitution has never formed a constitutional structure anddemocratic government system because of the personal or group interests of the dominant political forcesin the old order, the new order and the reformation era has made the constitutional style and the systemof democratic governance that cannot be built in accordance with the principles of democratic lawreflected in the 1945 constitution and derived from the ideals of the indonesian law of pancasila.