Abstract
Violation of ethics that involves the General Election Committee members is due to less concern to the process of the development of democracy. Several cases show that the organizers of the election went to the ethics trial of the Honorary Council of Election Management Bodies ( Dewan Kehormatan Penyelenggara Pemilu , DKPP). This research analyzes the factors that cause the violation of ethics in the General Election in the Riau Islands province. This study applies qualitative methods and managed some interviews, field visits, and library research to collect data. This study employs the theory of institutional capacity from Christensen and Gazley (2008) to analyze the collected data. The theory views the institution from four dimensions to identify the problems in the violation of ethics, namely, human resources, external factor, infrastructure, and financial. Human resources as the organizers of the general election know less the regulation and manuals that regulate the election, which results in the violation of ethics. This study seeks to know the factors that cause the violation so it can contribute to the general election’s organizers to improve their knowledge and organize the election with integrity.
Highlights
General Election is an important process to develop a democratic system
This study reveals that the integrity of the organizers of the General Election can be measured through several factors, namely, independence, impartiality, efficiency, proportionality, and transparency
This research analyzes the cases of violation of ethics in the implementation of the General Election in the organizational frame, both in the 2014 General Legislative Election and 2015 Gubernatorial Election in Riau Islands Province, which is held in Tanjungpinang city, Batam city, and Karimun District
Summary
General Election is an important process to develop a democratic system. According to the Indonesian constitution, public trust in the political process such as General Election will legitimate power. The state as the organizer of the election has to guarantee the transparency, fairness, and integrity of a General Election. The implementation of an election, following the principles of democracy, depends on the organizers, the General Election Committee. The organizers of the General Election at all levels have to be professional and free from any intervention from any interest groups (Sardini, 2016). The organizers should have knowledge and experience to analyze and to be responsive to the unpredictable problems that appear in the implementation of the election (Rahardjo, 2010). The organizers have to maintain their integrity and independence in doing their tasks to serve quality election to the people
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