The Existence of Indonesian Regional Representatives Council as The State Institution on Carrier the Regional Aspirations

In the era of reformation occurred amendment of the 1945 Constitution, which result in changes in the constitutional structure of Indonesia, one of them is the establishment of the Regional Representative Council (DPD). The formation of the Regional Representative Council is intended to bridge and accommodate the interests of the region in participating in making policies carried out by the Central Government, so the idea of forming a Regional Representative Council is felt to be very ideal and rational. The purpose of this study is to determine the function and authority of the Regional Representative Council in carrying the interests and regional aspirations. The research method uses a normative legal approach and the data used are secondary data. Based on the results of the discussion it was found that when viewed from the current functions and authority of the Regional Representative Council, in fact it can be said that it does not have a meaningful constitutional function and is only a sub-ordination of the House of Representatives (DPR), this is contrary to the original purpose of the formation of the House of Representatives Area. The Regional Representative Council only becomes important if political events occur that will rarely occur and are incidental in nature, namely changes to the Constitution and impeachment of the President / Vice President. If it seen from the way the recruitment / election of members of the Regional Representative Council carried out through direct elections by the people is the same as the election of members of the People's Representative Council, then it is appropriate for the Regional Representative Council to be given wider authority. For the current condition, the House of Representatives as the holder of the authority to form a law must be willing to accept, accommodate and follow up on proposals, recommendations, considerations and supervision of the implementation of a law related to regional government submitted by the Regional Representative