<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the legitimacy crisis of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Indonesia's democratic system through a philosophical reflection on formalistic meaningful participation practices. The research questions address the philosophical concept of legitimacy, the causes of formalistic participation, its implications for DPR legitimacy, and the ideal model of meaningful participation. The study employs normative legal research with statutory and conceptual approaches, using primary data from legislation and secondary data from scholarly literature and academic journals. The findings reveal that meaningful participation in the legislative process remains procedural and symbolic, thus failing to produce substantive legitimacy. This condition leads to declining public trust and the emergence of pseudo-legitimacy. Therefore, a transformation toward a more inclusive, deliberative, transparent, and outcome-oriented model of meaningful participation is necessary to strengthen the legitimacy of the DPR within a democratic system.]]>
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