What Is An Amendment? Here Are Understanding And Examples

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YOGYAKARTA The 1945 Constitution (UUD) is the constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The 1945 Constitution was ratified by the Indonesian Independence Preparation Committee (PPKI) on August 18, 1945 and took effect at that time. The 1945 Constitution is known to have undergone amendments 4 times, from 1999 to 2002. So, what is the amendment?

Amendments are an important process in the field of constitutional law. The amendments aim to clarify the laws contained in the law, as well as form laws that have not been explained in order to perfect the law.

Well, this article will further discuss what amendments are, including concepts, processes, and the importance of amendments in shaping and regulating a country's governance system.

Summarized from various sources, amendments are an official process to change certain documents or records with the aim of improving them. This change could be in the form of addition or removal of records that are no longer relevant or accurate.

The term amendment is often used in the context of changing the laws of a country (constitutional amendments).

Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines an amendment as an act of making major changes for the better outcome, by correcting one or more mistakes.

Meanwhile, Sujatmiko called the amendments a solution that must be taken to perfect the constitution as the country's highest rule, which so far has not been complete.

From the various meanings above, the amendments can be interpreted as additions or changes to the constitution that remains connected to the original manuscript and integrated into the document concerned.

Further understanding of amendments is that it involves more than just adding new words in the text.

However, the amendments are not a total amendment to the law. Replacements will include fundamental changes such as formulating a new constitution by changing basic aspects such as the form of the state, the basis of the state, and the form of government.

In the context of amendments to the 1945 Constitution, it is clear that there is no intention of replacing the basis of the Pancasila state, the form of a unitary state, or a form of presidential government.

Examples Of Amendments

In Indonesia there have been many examples of amendments. Based on historical records, the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia passed by PPKI has undergone several amendments.

The amendments were influenced by demands to perfect basic rules such as the order of the state, the sovereignty of the people, human rights, the division of power, the existence of a democratic country and a state of law.

Despite the safeguard of the 1945 Constitution, it has been agreed that the opening of the 1945 Constitution will not be amended.

Quoted from the website of the Indonesian Judicial Commission, the process of amending the 1945 Constitution occurred four times with the following details:

That's the information about what the amendments are. Hopefully this article can add insight to the loyal readers of VOI.ID.