Abstract

The political representation system in Indonesia has not strictly regulated the maximum term of legislative office. The absence of such a rule raises concerns about the accumulation of power and the lack of political regeneration. This study discusses the urgency of limiting the term of office of legislative members in the perspective of constitutional democracy as an effort to prevent abuse of power, oligarchy domination, and political stagnation. With a normative juridical approach and qualitative descriptive analysis, this study assesses the absence of periodization of legislative positions as a form of weakness in the national legal system. The results of the analysis emphasized the importance of term limits as a mechanism for controlling power, ensuring political regeneration, and strengthening the principle of equality before the law and fair representation in the Indonesian democratic system.