Authors:
Mohammad Syaiful Aris
and
Radian Salman
Affiliation:
Law Faculty, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Change Era, Law Making, Public, Participation.
Abstract:
This article compares public participation in the lawmaking process in the U.S. and Indonesia, including mechanisms which can be used for public participation, legislative process, and modes of increasing public participation. Public participation in law making has some drawbacks such as unrealistic expectations, slowdown in the legislation process and the need budget. It brought more benefits to governments and societies. However, the legitimacy of the process, justice issues (equal opportunity to citizens and basic human rights), also create better regulations and finally it creates stronger quality of democracy so no doubt that public participation is prominent part of the legislation process in California and East Java. There are several different mechanism in legislative process in two countries in four areas, namely the legal basis, initiative mechanism, mandatory/ suggestion process and lobbyist organization. The future process should give more opportunity to public to partici
pate by provided easier way to access information and also give more opportunity for marginalized people to participate in law making process. The participation is not only depend on lobbyists but also how public who might get direct impacts could participate in the process.
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