Indonesia parliamentary reform and legislation quality backsliding phenomenon: case of Indonesia post reformasi

Abstract

ABSTRACT Legislative quality and parliamentary reforms are inseparable prominent agendas that sought the implementation of democracy and rule of law into parliamentary functions and role to support their existence as appropriate deliberate legislation frameworks to tackle legislation quality backsliding phenomenon. Despite several parliamentary reform programmes carried out under the auspices of international assistance bodies, the results are not linear with the quality of the legislation, which is a setback for law making in Indonesia today. Therefore, this research focused on questioning, observing, analysing and determining the dynamics of parliamentary reforms in Indonesia in order to reinforce the prospective framework. This includes the prospects for improving the quality of legislation despite the phenomenon of backsliding within the institutions, in addition to the methodology, management, or grand design of parliamentary roles. Based on the integrated planning of legislation, bureaucratic and institutional system reform, and the institutionalisation or internalisation of legal norms in the relations of the Indonesian parliament, these findings revealed a proposed approach to parliamentary reform and deliberation on legislative quality improvement to enhance its effectiveness in Indonesia and ensure its application as a tool for comprehensive developmental change.