Many questions the country face today can only be understood by understanding how this country is run, one have to under the parliament, both the lower house and upper house, you’ll have a better idea of the balance of power. You’ll know who’s the boss by comparing the cabinet composition.
The structure of the country was made clear through a comparison of AGUNG, EXECUTIVE and LEGISLATURE.
Starting with the AGUNG, the power of each component could be explained in detail to make known to you all which part of the constitution and laws these components derive their power from, and how far does their power goes. To give you a better perspective on the recent developments and amendments through comparing with the history – a total of 44 times, though its independence of 50 years (till 2007)
The structure of the EXECUTIVE aka federal government need to be discussed to explain where does the balance of power WITHIN the government lies, when identified the real arena for power struggles. On the other hand, one needs to expose the mentality of the civil servants through to be enlightened on structural problem of the government.
The 3rd component of the country discussed was the judicial system i.e. LEGISLATURE. The courts and its powers, and how is the current attempt to build up a parallel syariah court system might stimulate some minds.
Many myths about the government’s problem and political struggle can only be brought to the correct prospective through open discussion. The simple and direct approach was going back to the constitution, where every law, system and government derives its power from.
The country’s only hope is through a real multi-cultural approach, while changes could only be brought about in a step by step manner, every one has to do their part in bringing about the awareness of the country’s development trend.
