CONSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUSITY IN ADJUSTING POLITICAL LIFE OF CITIZENS

 

Oly Viana Agustine¹ and Anna Triningsih²

¹Research Center at The Constitutional Court of The Republic Indonesia, INDONESIA, olyviana@mahkamahkonstitusi.go.id

²Research Center at The Constitutional Court of The Republic Indonesia, INDONESIA, bungullazio@gmail.com; anna.triningsih@esaunggul.ac.id

 

Abstract

The 1945 Constitution explicitly includes both the opening and its articles which provide protection for every citizen to exercise their rights and obligations in the political field in accordance with the teachings of religion and the beliefs held by every citizen. Therefore, there is no contradiction between carrying out religious orders and political life in Indonesia. The constitution of the Republic of Indonesia regulates various dimensions of life, both economic, social and political. The economic, social and political dimensions are based on the values contained in the constitution, including the value of religiosity. The value of religiosity in the constitution is an elaboration of the first principle of Pancasila, namely the Almighty Godhead. Thus, how the value of constitutional religiosity in regulating citizens' political life becomes interesting to be studied in depth. The method used is juridical normative by analyzing the minutes of the drafting of the 1945 Constitution so that the original intent of drafting the constitution can be seen by the founding fathers in seeing the value of constitutional religiosity with its relation to political life authorities.

Keywords: Religiosity, Constitution, Politics and Citizens.