UMPurwokerto Law Review
Vol 1, No 2 (2020)

Public Authority in Interim Replacement of Members of the House of Representatives

Rahmat Adi Setiawan (FAKULTAS HUKUM)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Sep 2020

Abstract

The House of Representatives is a people's representative institution or legislative body. Membership of the House of Representatives, both at the central and regional levels, can be replaced with other members through a mechanism, namely Interim Replacement. The purpose of interim replacement is to maximize the performance of legislators effectively and efficiently. However, there is a problem, namely the replacement of members of the legislature in the middle of their term of office. This study aims to analyze the mechanism of interim replacement of members of the House of Representatives and how the involvement of voters in the intertime replacement mechanism. This research is normative juridical research using secondary data as the primary data in the form of legislation, research results, and journals. Based on the research results, the interim replacement mechanism does not involve the public, namely voters. Disputes between members of the legislature and the supporting party cannot be avoided due to the inappropriate process of implementing the mechanism. It is necessary to improve the mechanism for the Interim Replacement of members of the House of Representatives, which is not only the authority of political parties but also the public authority, namely the constituent voters.Keywords: Public Authority, Interim Replacement, Representative

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Journal Info

Abbrev

umplr

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

UMPurwokerto Law Review (P-ISSN: 2745-3839 & E-ISSN: 2745-5203) is an international, open-access journal with rapid peer-review, which publishes works from a wide range of fields law. UMPurwokerto Law Review is published twice a year (February & August) by the Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah ...