Trias Politica, We Can Take It or Leave It
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
THERE is a belief that is gaining strength in this age of reformasi, that a democratic government can only be effectively carried out with trias politica (separation of state power into three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive). President Abdurrahman Wahid once called our nation's founders hypocrites. They wanted to apply trias politica, but in reality their wish was never put into action.
The 1945 Constitution also has a reputation
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