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        "id": 1673010,
        "msgid": "lsi-survey-majority-of-public-still-want-direct-presidential-and-regional-head-elections-1776009046",
        "date": "2026-04-12 22:22:52",
        "title": "LSI Survey: Majority of Public Still Want Direct Presidential and Regional Head Elections",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) reveals that 84.5% of respondents prefer direct elections for representatives including DPR, DPRD, DPD, president, governors, regents, and mayors, interpreting the principle of \"guided democracy by the wisdom of representative deliberation\" as direct public choice. Over 94% support direct election of the president and governors by the people, with minimal support for selection by legislative bodies like the MPR or DPR. This strong public preference underscores the enduring commitment to direct democracy in Indonesia's electoral system amid ongoing evaluations of Pancasila principles.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) states\nthat the majority of its respondents still wish to maintain the direct\nelection system for regional head elections up to presidential\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>This survey on the electoral system forms part of the \u201cEvaluation and\nPublic Commitment to Pancasila\u201d survey, as presented by LSI Executive\nDirector Djayadi Hanan in Cikini, Central Jakarta, on Sunday\n(12\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>LSI posed questions to respondents about preferences for the\nelectoral system in representative democracy, namely whether elections\nare direct\u2014including selections for the DPR, DPRD, regional heads, up to\nthe president and vice president\u2014or whether elections in representative\ndeliberation mean that regional head and presidential elections are\nchosen by people\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n<p>84.5 percent answered that the people directly elect their\nrepresentatives, including DPR\/DPRD, DPD, president, governor, regent,\nor mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder, 4.2 percent, stated they did not know or did not\nanswer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority (84.5 percent) interpret \u2018Popular Sovereignty Guided by\nthe Wisdom of Representative Deliberation\u2019 as the people directly\nelecting their representatives, including DPR, DPRD, DPD, president,\ngovernor, regent, and mayor,\u201d LSI stated in its survey presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents were asked whether the president should be directly\nelected by the people as it is now or elected by the MPR.<\/p>\n<p>The response was that 94.4 percent of respondents stated the\npresident is directly elected by the people as it is now.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 4.7 percent of respondents preferred the president to be\nelected by the MPR. The remainder, namely 1.0 percent, did not know or\ndid not answer.<\/p>\n<p>94.3 percent want governors to be directly elected by the people<\/p>\n<p>As many as 94.3 percent of respondents want governors to be directly\nelected by the people as it is now.<\/p>\n<p>There are 4.6 percent of respondents who want governors to be elected\nby DPR members. The remainder, namely 1.1 percent of respondents, did\nnot know or did not answer.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lsi-survey-majority-of-public-still-want-direct-presidential-and-regional-head-elections-1776009046",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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