The Problems with Honest and Fairness Principles in General Election in Indonesia

Sugiharto, Imawan and Riyanti, Ratna (2020) The Problems with Honest and Fairness Principles in General Election in Indonesia. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 429. pp. 171-174.

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Abstract

Article 22 paragraph (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945 stated that the General Election is carried out on a direct, open, public, secret, honest and fair manner every five years. This so-called Luber Jurdil (langsung [direct], umum [public], bebas [free], rahasia [secret], jujur [honest] and adil [fair]) general election principle could create an increasingly high-quality general election process in Indonesia since this general election should be viewed as a means for safeguarding the people’s sovereignty. This study is aimed at revealing some problems found relating to honest and fairness principles in general election in Indonesia. This is a descriptive qualitative based on library research. The data were grounded from the existing related articles, books, and documents. The data were then analysed deeply related to the subject matter. The problems found that Issues occurred in the implementation of general elections in Indonesia, ranging from money politic to mass mobilization, bureaucracy politicization, unprofessional general election administrators and many others. Such values as dishonesty and unfairness were often observed from either the contestants or administrators of general elections. However, they were never completely dealt with, and they eventually injured the democracy. It was counterproductive considering that the necessity to maintain morality, integrity and capability by both the general election contestants and administrators was the key to a successful and better quality general election.

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