By the promulgation of Regional Government Law (no. 23/2014), there has been a shift in the institutional design of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD in Bahasa Indonesia), especially in the aspects of the legislative function and its authority, and there is an affirmation of the understanding of the DPRD as an element of regional government administration. In this context, the House of Representatives (DPR in Bahasa Indonesia) and the President deliberately combine the two types of power functions, the legislative and the executive, into one institution called the DPRD in the local government system in Indonesia. Shifting of institutional design above indicates that Regional Government Law is principally no longer categorizes the DPRD as a legislative agency, but rather as an executive institution playing a role in supervising the implementation of Regional Government. Based on this Regulation, the theoretical interpretation of DPRD’s existence is interpreted as an executive institution running the legislative function.

as the state's fundamental norm, Pancasila requires that all forms of legislation, including the regional head election mechanism, align with or imbued with Pancasila values, especially its 4th Precept. The debate over the election of regional heads through the DPRD or directly through the people is a classic debate. It is often understood that direct elections by the people are more democratic compared with indirect regional head elections. This study aimed to answer the indirect regional head election's compatibility with the values of the Fourth Precepts of Pancasila. This study argues that the indirect regional head election model is more suitable or compatible with Pancasila values. Therefore, reformulation of the regional head election model through the DPRD should be considered for its implementation by the Government and the House of Representatives.