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The road to democratization in Indonesia is embodied in its existing institutional design, which is a combination of presidentialism on the one hand, and multipartism on the other. However, this governance blue print is in herently problematic as it regularly results in an inflexible and deadlock situation due to the permanent tension between the executive and the legislative branches of government. Empirical evidence suggests that only one country in the world has relatively succeeded while others have failed. This paper suggests that it may now be time for Indonesia to consider an alternative form of governance, namely the experience of France in practicing of semi-presidentialism. Semi presidentialism is likely suitable to reconcile the benefits and disadvantages of presidentialism and multipartism in Indonesia. |
