Improving Indonesia's Commitment to Open Government Through Online Petition

Kusumaningrum, Adi; Bachtiar, Rizqi; Listiningrum, Prischa

doi:10.17304/ijil.vol16.2.762

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“…It can be seen that during the administration of President Jokowi, there were several types of terror against government critics, which included criminalization, hacking of cellphone data (such as the hacking of the cellphone belonging to the Central Coordinator of BEM, Kaharuddin, before the demonstration on April 11, 2022 (Yahya, 2022)), intimidation (the case of the 2022 BBM demonstration (Indonesia, 2022)), and cases of threats physique . The restriction of opinion and the absence of a forum for the aspirations of the Indonesian people have indicated that the community's position towards the state does not have the highest power to supervise and control the government, as well as decision-making by the government without involving the community (Kusumaningrum et al, 2019).…”

Section: Results and Discussion The Existence Of Freedom Of Expressio...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and Article 25a of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) also clearly regulate the right to participate in government. This legal basis strengthens the right of the community to voice their aspirations to the government, either directly or indirectly, through any institution such as the parliament or the ombudsman (Kusumaningrum et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…As a democratic country, Indonesia guarantees the right to express opinions and participate in government. However, so far, people's voices have only been interpreted as narrowly as the ability to vote in general and/or locally in elections with the principle of "one person, one vote" (Kusumaningrum et al, 2019). The important thing related to public participation in government is the extent to which the government listens to protests and criticisms from the public (Riskiyono, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Empowering Voices: Building an Electronic Petition System for Strengthening Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

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Taniady³

2023

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Currently, the issue of freedom of expression poses a significant challenge in Indonesia. Despite being a democratic nation, the scope of people's freedom of expression is largely confined to electoral processes. In order to advance this fundamental right, the implementation of an electronic petition system has been undertaken as a means to facilitate the exercise of freedom of expression. The primary objective of this research is to examine the status quo of freedom of expression in Indonesia and to analyze the pressing need for the adoption of an electronic petition system. This study employs a normative legal approach and conducts comparative analysis with the United Kingdom and Germany, utilizing secondary data sources. The findings of this research demonstrate that Indonesia would greatly benefit from the adoption of an e-democracy system through the implementation of an electronic petition system. The efficacy of such a system has been successfully demonstrated in the United Kingdom and Germany, where it has served as an effective intermediary between the public and the government, ensuring sustained public participation and influencing governmental decision-making processes. In order to implement the electronic petition system in Indonesia, several crucial steps must be undertaken. These steps include the establishment of a Petition Committee, the formulation of Petition Laws, and the official recognition of a dedicated website serving as the electronic petition platform in Indonesia. Additionally, political will and legislative enforcement will be required to ensure the Indonesian Parliament's commitment to act upon the outcomes of these petitions.

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Section: A Introductionmentioning

confidence: 85%

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Empowering Voices: Building an Electronic Petition System for Strengthening Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

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Taniady³

2023

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“…This requires the president to listen to the aspiration request and new ideas of the people. Numerous aspirations of the people due to the mounting rights to express ideas and participate in the government have triggered them to refer to petitions as the method to address criticism and ideas to the government (Kusumaningrum et al, 2019).…”

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Urgency of Online Petition to guarantee the Freedom of Speech and Participate Rights in Government

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Listiningrum

Siswanto

2022

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The freedom to express ideas and participate in the government is often manifested through democratic voting or involvement in general elections, but the processes taking place in elections cannot fully ensure that the members of the public can get their rights to the freedom of speech and participation in the government. With doctrinal legal method, this research has found that there seems to be an urgency to initiate an online petition platform in Indonesia as an alternative channel accessible to all the members of the public in order to optimize the exercise of the freedom of speech and equal participation in the government. Online petition systems have been around in Indonesia for quite some time, initiated and managed by change.org as a private organization along with other non-governmental organizations, but the legal loophole regarding online petitions that represent public participation in forming policies has not been capable of guaranteeing the attention or responses from the government over particular issues. In order to gain more perspectives, this article compare the online petition systems in the US and South Korea that were initiated by presidential agencies, and also the online petition in Germany that is under the direct management of the Petition Committee bellow the parliament (Bundestag). Therefore, it is concluded that Indonesian president has the power to rule the government in order to respond the urgency to give protection and fulfill Human Rights, especially freedom of speech and the rights to participate in the government by setting the legal basis.

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Improving Indonesia's Commitment to Open Government Through Online Petition

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Empowering Voices: Building an Electronic Petition System for Strengthening Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

Empowering Voices: Building an Electronic Petition System for Strengthening Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

Urgency of Online Petition to guarantee the Freedom of Speech and Participate Rights in Government

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