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Idol of Mantra Democracy

Many people thus hope that the 2019 general election will not be filled with mere ritual politics rituals and mantras, but also a means for national solidarization and political education for the nation.

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J KRISTIADI
· 5 minutes read
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The Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta, which houses the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the House of Representatives (DPR), is seen in this undated photograph.

The governance of state power has been overhauled several times since Indonesian independence, dubbed Liberal Democracy (1950s), Guided Democracy (1960s) and Pancasila Democracy (late 1960s-late 1990s). However, the practice of state power management in the post-reform era has no precedence.

Many circles agree that the practice of democracy today has developed nearly uncontrollably and indiscriminately, slamming into the glorious standards of the life of the nation and state. Democracy is only fixed as a political ritualistic device of the elite to gain the legitimacy of the state to satisfy their desire for power.

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