Executive Credibility and Democracy Index
📌 A quote from Yudi Latif suggests that while democracy is constantly invoked, the demos (the people) are often neglected, leading to anti-democratic procedures undermining the system.
📉 Indonesia's Democracy Index in 2020 dropped to 6.3 (from 6.48), marking its lowest score in 14 years and categorizing it as a flawed democracy.
🚨 The corruption perception index (CPI) in 2022 fell by 4 points to 34 (from 38 in 2021), placing Indonesia at rank 110 out of 180 countries, the lowest since 2015.

Legislation and Policy Concerns
🏛️ Legislative acts like the revision of the KPK Law, Mining Law, and the Omnibus Law (Cipta Kerja) were passed quickly, lacking sufficient public participation.
⚖️ The issuance of a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perpu) to address the Constitutional Court's ruling on the Cipta Kerja Law is viewed as a presidential defiance of the MK’s ruling (No. 91/2020), which required meaningful public participation.
⚠️ The political risk for businesses rose significantly throughout 2022, a concern despite investment facilitation efforts through the Cipta Kerja Law.

Strengthening Civil Society and Governance
🤝 The foundation of democracy is Trust (*Trust*), which is restored through strengthening democracy by ensuring legal equality and fostering a critical civil society.
📢 Civil society engagement is crucial at two levels: the individual level and the group/agency level for aggregating individual interests and effectively monitoring policy implementation.
🔑 A key element of good governance is open and participatory policy-making (meaningful policy process), which allows stakeholders to understand and hold ownership over government decisions.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Democracy is not permanent; its survival heavily depends on internal factors and overcoming narratives that question its relevance or label it as a failed system for stability.
➡️ Criticism of democracy should aim for perfection, not destruction; the main problem lies in how democracy is understood and executed, not its core idea.
➡️ Political leaders often close themselves off after elections, ignoring public aspirations they solicited during campaigns; strengthening civil society is necessary to balance state power.

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