Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the extent to which the compliance of legislative candidates as participants of the 2019 Indonesian general election is related to the rules for reporting campaign funds. To achieve this objective, this study uses election rules indicators that relate to the rules of campaign finance reporting with reference to 21 indicators according to Law No. 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections in the Republic of Indonesia along with all derivative rules. Based on the rules that apply in Indonesia, general election participants who do not comply with the rules for reporting campaign funds can be canceled from the process of election as legislative members. In other words, the results of the compliance audit which concludes that a legislative candidate does not comply with the rules for the reporting of campaign funds could be canceled as a legislative member. This study uses the “X” Political Party legislative members from South Kalimantan Province, including legislative candidates for the DPR-RI, Provincial DPRD, and district/city DPRD. The total number of legislative candidates from Party X is 11 for the DPR-RI from 2 electoral areas, 55 for the Provincial DPRD from 7 electoral areas, and 296 for district/city DPRDs from an average of 5 electoral areas for each district/city. By setting a sample of 20% of the population, this study ended-up with 74 legislative candidates as the sample., i.e, 3 DPR RI legislative candidates, 11 legislative candidates for the provincial DPRD, and 60 legislative candidates for district/city DPRD. Descriptive analysis method is used to answer the problems in this study. Evaluation of compliance with the reporting of campaign funds is carried out by using compliance audit procedures through review of existing supporting documents and interviews with legislative candidates who are selected as the sample as confirmation procedure. The review of documents is carried out carefully and thoroughly to evaluate whether the legislative candidates from political parties follow the rules in the mechanism of reporting the campaign funds for the period February 20, 2018, until April 25, 2019. After the entire evaluation process conducted in May 2019 has been completed, this study concluded that in general, the legislative candidates adhere to the rules of campaign funds reporting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This study does not find any material deviations from applicable laws and regulations.
Highlights
The general election held in Indonesia on April 17, 2019 is the first simultaneous general elections which simultaneously elect the president and his representatives, legislative members and regional representative councils
On the basis of the explanation above, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of compliance of legislative election participants in terms of campaign funds reporting in accordance with laws and regulations that apply to the Indonesian Parliament, Provincial DPRD, and Regency/City DPRD in Indonesia
This study implements procedures and obtains relevant and limited evidence on information contained in the Campaign Fund Report submitted to us by the "X" Political Party
Summary
The general election held in Indonesia on April 17, 2019 is the first simultaneous general elections which simultaneously elect the president and his representatives, legislative members and regional representative councils. This study focuses on the legislative general election where of the 27 parties that register, there are only 16 parties that fulfill the national factual administrative and verification requirements and 4 local parties for the Nangroe Aceh Darussalam Province special area. The number increased by 15 seats compared to the previous period in 2014 which only fought for 560 seats (KPU, 2019). This legislative election was held simultaneously to fight for seats in the Regional Representatives Council (DPRD) in 34 provinces, 416 regencies and 98 cities in Indonesia
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