1958 | Special Courts for the Settlement of Regional Head Election Disputes in the Context of
Realizing the Principle of Legal Certainty and Orderly Governane
Constitutional Court
1. The fabric of regional head elections
with the 4th principle of Pancasila
Pancasila as the nation's ideology is
the views, ideals, beliefs, and values of
the Indonesian nation that must be
implemented in the life, society, nation
and state in a comprehensive manner.
BPUPKI) dated May 31, 1945, Pancasila
as the ideal of an integralistic state is an
ideal concept where the state unites
with all its people to overcome all
groups in any field.
Pancasila as an open ideology is a
screening-board, standard guidelines
are in the form of a cumulative check-
list and not an alternative. This means
that as a justification tool for every
behavior, the test results related to the
Five Precepts of Pancasila must be
positive, nothing negative. Final
decision-making is determined on a
case-by-case basis, by assessing
positive tendencies. However, it should
be remembered that in
operationalizing Pancasila as a margin
of appreciation, an operator who has
professionalism in his field, a strong
and ethical leadership spirit,
accompanied by strong national
insight, is comprehensive, integral,
systematic, visionary, imaginative and
understands comparative advantage in
the middle flow of globalization.
The very broad values of Pancasila
are able to trace every aspect of the life
of the nation and state, including
democracy. Of course, the right optics
used are implemented in the values of
the 4th precept of Pancasila which
reads that "People are led by wisdom in
deliberation of representatives". The
main points of understanding Pancasila
democracy include democracy based
on the principle of kinship, religious
elements, the basis of truth, love and
noble character, Indonesian personality
and sustainability; a system of state
organization carried out by the people
themselves or with the consent of the
people; individual freedom that is not
absolute, and the unity of the ideals of
democracy and the ideals of life for the
Indonesian people with the spirit of
kinship without a majority or minority.
Democracy in the 4th principle of
Pancasila implies the involvement of all
parties or their representatives for the
sake of mutual prosperity in making
decisions. Soekarno explained that
democracy is what gives life and creates
social welfare as well as creates equality
that aims at common prosperity.
To realize or embody democracy, an
in casu a quo election for regional
heads is drawn up. In this regard, the
election of regional heads is a stage
that provides room for deliberation and
then contemplates on determining
regional head leaders who also carry
out the task of bringing the direction of
change for the region concerned
towards prosperity.
The reality is that the decision-
making method in the election of
regional heads prioritizes the
deliberation and consensus system.
That is, decisions are applied on careful
thought from various groups or groups
in a contestation of ideas and opinions
in achieving common goals. Thus, the