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Democratization process in this country has been widely used as a model for democratization in several countries in the world. This is reflected in the meeting between Deputy Chairman of Parliament / Korpolkam Priyo Budi Santoso with a delegation of House Democracy Partnership Committee of the U.S. Congress led by Congressman David Dreier which took place on February 23, 2011. At the meeting the Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives / Korpolkam in damping by the Chairman of Commission XI of DPR RI Emor Moeis, Vice Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agency (BKSAP) Azwar Abubakar, and several other Members of Parliament namely Ahmad Nizar, Saleh Husin, Oheo Sinapoy and SW Yudha .


Congressman David Dreier praised the development of democracy and reform in Indonesia. However, he assumes that there is still much work to be done together in a partnership framework to enhance the capacity of both parliament parliamentary parliament. Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Golkar Party, Priyo Budi Santoso, agree with Congressman Dreier that the democratization of Indonesia is an evolving process as a form of collective commitment of all elements of the nation state that democracy is a system that has been selected by the nation's population of more than 240 million people .

Furthermore, Priyo Budi Santoso believe that democracy in Indonesia is one of the best democratic system in the world. "Indonesia is now known as the country with a majority of the world's largest Muslim population that adheres to the democratic system. This fact has made Indonesia as a model in which Islam and democracy can go hand in hand. "He said.

Nature of democracy enjoyed by Indonesia today is not the result of an easy process. Golkar Party politician said that various policies have been pursued by the House of Representatives in support of the Indonesian nation to transform into a democratic nation since 1999. In addition to the direct electoral system for political officials, to restore the function of the military to the barracks and give ample scope for the media and civil society to further develop are some examples of transformation policy.

In relation to democracy in the U.S., Priyo Budi Santoso, adding that the implementation of democracy in Indonesia in some ways better than the implementation of democracy in the U.S.. "American-style democracy is one model of democracy that Indonesia be a reference in developing democracy in post-reform transition 12 years ago. However, Indonesia can be proud that for some things, democracy in Indonesia has grown better than the U.S. democracy. One indicator is in direct presidential elections. Indonesia has been started since 2004 while the U.S., until now still adhered representation electoral system in choosing their president through a system of electoral votes. "He continued. Electoral Votes is a system of presidential elections in the U.S. who use pattern representatives (electors) who has a mandate to represent the American people in choosing their president. The number of electors in each state varies depending on the number of residents.

Related to the U.S. role in the development of democracy in its global campaign, Priyo also criticized the U.S. role in ensuring the sustainability of democracy in the world that have strategic impact and significance for global peacekeeping. "We believe that the U.S. determination to realize its commitment to support Palestinian independence and urged Israel to end military repression and respect the rights of freedom of the Palestinian people will have a significant impact for the world to accept democracy as a system that can create security stability and peace. To that end, we urge the U.S. to realize their commitment over the embodiment of an independent Palestinian state and sovereign. "He said. Then, also asked the U.S. Congress to re-join the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which is an organization of parliaments worldwide who have a membership of more than 155 countries. The presence of the U.S. Congress in the IPU will increase the political leverage and the ability of these organizations in resolving various global issues considering the U.S. is one of the key countries for the settlement of problems of the contemporary world.

Responding to demand for the U.S. Congress House of Representatives back to being a member of the IPU, Congressman Jim McDermott said that the last three years the U.S. Congress preparing to re-join the IPU this is driven by many in the U.S. Congress who considered that the release of the U.S. Congress of the IPU is a error. Therefore, the U.S. Congress promised in a time not too long before going back to join the IPU.

Before closing the meeting, Priyo Budi Santoso again explained that Indonesia's success in the fight against terrorism is one of the success of democracy in the present stability of domestic security. Then also underlined that terrorism is not caused by the radicalization that comes from the teachings of Islam. "Terrorism is the common enemy that is not driven by any religious teaching," he said.

source : detik