Institut Leimena held a round table discussion on \u201cStrategy For Citizens\u2019s Engagement in Legislative Process\u201d at the Institut Leimena\u2019s headquarter in Jakarta, on September 20, 2013. The main theme in the discussion was the urgent need, along with the challenges and opportunities, for citizens\u2019s involvement in the legislative process to produce high quality public policies that are consistent with the people\u2019s aspiration and the principles of Pancasila (\u201cFive Principles\u201d, Indonesia\u2019s ideology). Participants in the discussion include Leimena President Jakob Tobing, Parliamentary Legislative Body\u2019s Chairman Ignatius Mulyono, Parliamentary Financial Committee Vice Chairman Yasonna Laoly, Trisakti University\u2019s Constitutional and Laws Center\u2019s Chairman Pataniari Siahaan, former Constitutional Court Judge Maruarar Siahaan, Pentacostal Churches Fellowship\u2019s President Rev. Pudjo Abednego, and Leimena Chairman Viveka Nanda Leimena.<\/p>\n
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Citizens\u2019s participation in the 2014 General Election and Presidential Election should be viewed as a way to build a mature and better quality democratic system and political life, and also to uphold rule of law. The aim shouldn\u2019t be limited upon searching for a leadership figure per se. Leimena President Jakob Tobing raised this in his address on the roles of Indonesian Chinese churches as part of the Indonesia in facing the 2014 Elections, in the Retreat for the Executive Council of the Fellowship of Chinese Churches in Indonesia, at Seruni Hotel (Cisarua), on September 27, 2013.<\/p>\n
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Institut Leimena held a round table discussion on \u201cStrategy For Citizens\u2019s Engagement in Legislative Process\u201d at the Institut Leimena\u2019s headquarter in Jakarta, on September 20, 2013. The main theme in the discussion was the urgent need, along with the challenges and opportunities, for citizens\u2019s involvement in the legislative process to produce high quality public policies that are consistent with the people\u2019s aspiration and the principles of Pancasila (\u201cFive Principles\u201d, Indonesia\u2019s ideology). Participants in the discussion include Leimena President Jakob Tobing, Parliamentary Legislative Body\u2019s Chairman Ignatius Mulyono, Parliamentary Financial Committee Vice Chairman Yasonna Laoly, Trisakti University\u2019s Constitutional and Laws Center\u2019s Chairman Pataniari Siahaan, former Constitutional Court Judge Maruarar Siahaan, Pentacostal Churches Fellowship\u2019s President Rev. Pudjo Abednego, and Leimena Chairman Viveka Nanda Leimena.<\/p>
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