Economic Democracy: Examining the Law Enforcement of Business Competition in Indonesia

Abstract

The national economy of Indonesia is prepared based on economic democracy with the principles of togetherness, justice, sustainability, environmental insight, independence, and maintaining a balance between progress and national economic unity. On of the indicators is the availabitity of legal standing of business competition. This article aims to reveal the type of legal approach used by the Regional Representative Commission or Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KKPU) of Makassar City towards law enforcement in business competition in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The research method used in this research is field research, which reveals the facts that occur in the field. The results of the research found that the decision of the KPPU Regional Representative Office of Makassar City which was the object of research indicated that in enforcing business competition law, it used a legal positivism approach as indicated by three indicators: First, KPPU decided cases solely based its decisions on legal norms in law; Second, KPPU uses syllogistic analysis in making decisions; Third, KPPU does not consider non-legal factors in making decisions