Executive Aggrandisement and Democratic Regression in Indonesia’s Jokowi Administration


Leo Agustino(1), Mona Sylviana(2), Mutia Kartika Andalus(3*)

(1) Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta), Indonesia
(2) Institut Nalar Bandung, Indonesia
(3) Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


At the end of 2019, COVID-19 Pandemic has been devastated almost whole of human life sector, including politics and nations. COVID-19 Pandemic existence has urged the onset of misuse of power in several countries that have a  weak democracy with “emergency policy” or “discretional rules”, as if it become an opportunity for the government to do the agenda-setting towards illiberal polict without having mobilization concern or opositions counter (Schenkkan 2020). This article  aim to explore how executive’s power aggrandisement that was happened in the 2th period of Jokowi’s administrative as a contribution of democracry degradation in Indonesia. With the  use of library research, that examine various literature, such as book, journal, report that relevan to the research topics (Neuman 2014), Author explore the data regarding the executive aggrandisement in the 2th period of Jokowi’s Administrative. The result of this research is democracy degradation or democrary backsliding  happened during Jokowi’s Administatrative was instigated with several factors which is division of power, executive aggrandisement, and the discourse of 3th period of Jokowi’s administration.


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Coalition, democracy, executive aggrandisement, regression

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