Direct Regional Head Elections Research Articles

Political Banality in Indonesia Post-New Order

Democratization not only needs to be based on changes in a more democratic political structure, but it is also important to be supported by changes in the behavior of elites involved in political contestation. This article discusses the process of political democratization in Indonesia after the authoritarian New Order regime. The democratization process begins with changes in political structure, which are manifested in the form of various pro-democratic laws and regulations. This includes the implementation of direct regional head election, which are political contestations at the local level. The result was a significant change in political dynamics in the form of involving voters in the process of regional head election. At first everyone tends to recognize the success of political reforms that have changed the face of local democracy in Indonesia. However, after one election period took place, the ideals of democratization in Indonesia seemed to be ignored by political actors. Even politicians tend to display banal political behavior, and do not care about political decay traps, solely in order to win a political contestation. Elite, as the main stakeholder actor, has failed to show that they are able to practice democratic principles that uphold moral integrity.

Edukasi Politik dalam Pelaksanaan Pemilihan Kepala Daerah (PILKADA) Langsung Kabupaten Kampar Provinsi Riau Tahun 2017

One area that implements direct Regional Head Election (Pilkada) in 2017, is Kampar Regency, Riau Province. The implementation of the Kampar Regency Direct Local Election has been running three times, namely in 2006, won by the pair Burhanudin Husein and Teguh Sahono; The 2011 regional election was won by Jefry Noer and Ibrahim Ali and the latest direct election was in 2017 which was won by elected regent Aziz Zainal and Catur Sugeng Santoso. This research study focused on analyzing political education in the implementation of Direct Regional Head Elections (KILKADA) in Kampar Regency in 2017 and knowing the Barriers found in realizing political education for the community at the time of Direct Election of Regional Heads (PILKADA) in Kampar District in 2017. This type of research is to use a type of qualitative research. According to Moleong (1999: 23) said that qualitative research methods basically use an inductive approach, ie data is collected, analyzed, abstracted and theories will emerge as qualitative discoveries. In this research, it is intended to explore in depth various data and information accurately and explain or explain in more depth the subject matter discussed in accordance with the research objectives. The results of the study indicate that the political education for the people in the Direct Local Election of Kampar Regency in 2017, which was carried out by the KPU of Kampar Regency, has been structured in accordance with the existing rules namely Election law and other rules, including the decision of the KPU of Kampar Regency. Political education that has been carried out so far is more structurally socialized, ranging from political education to the voters to community leaders and women. The obstacles faced in the implementation of the Kampar Regency Direct Local Election political education in 2017, namely geographical factors, limited budgets, community enthusiasm and limited personnel or human resources.

Local Election and Reinforcement Democracy in the Indonesian State System

The direct election of Regional Head and Deputy Regional Head directly and democratically by the people is a political process of the Indonesian nation towards a more democratic, transparent, accountable and responsible political life and administration. Therefore, in order to ensure the implementation of election of Regional Heads and Regional Representatives at a time of quality and meet the degree of healthy competition, the requirements and procedures for election of Regional Head shall be stipulated in separate laws and regulations. In general it is said that the direct election of the regional head is more democratic. There are at least two reasons why the idea of direct election is considered necessary: First; to open the door for the appearance of the head of the region in accordance with the will of the majority of the people themselves. Second; to maintain government stability so as not to be easily dropped in the middle of the road. Practice during the regime of Law Number 22 Year 1999 regarding Regional Government, indicates that the election through DPRD mechanism is often opposed even not in accordance with the will of the majority of people in the region. In this connection, there are several reasons why the direct Election of Regional Head (Local Election) is important for the development of democracy in Indonesia are: First; direct regional head elections allow for the strengthening of democracy at the local level, in particular the development of political legitimacy. This is based on the assumption that the elected Head of Region has a strong mandate and legitimacy, because it has the support of the people's voice directly reflecting the configuration of political forces and the interests of the constituents of voters. This legitimacy is very important for the governing government. Second; Direct Regional Head Election is expected to be able to build and realize local accountability and strengthening of democratic values in Indonesian state administration system.

Pengaturan Alat Peraga Kampanye Dalam Pelaksanaan Pemilihan Kepala Daerah

This study aims to explain the mechanism for electing governors and deputy governors, regents and deputy regents as well as mayors and deputy mayors who are directly elected by the people, through what we are familiar with direct regional head elections and to find out the authority of the general election commission (KPU ) in conducting the procure- ment, distribution and installation of campaign props (APK.) The method used in this research is legal research which is to find the rule of law, legal principles, and legal doc- trines in order to answer the legal issues encountered. In this study shows that given the authority of political parties or candidate pairs to hold campaign props a number of prob- lems arise, including the difficulty for the KPU to control or control campaign props held by political parties or candidate pairs starting from the number, completion time, until the design

Local Political Democratization Policy: Voter Participation in the Direct Regional Head Elections

The regional head election, a local political event and a symbol of democratic government, is a contest for a legitimized power of regional leaders, who are given authority and responsibility to administer and lead the regional apparatus and development. Since the Indonesian reformation era, the policy regarding the regional head election has shifted from being elected by the local legislative assembly (representative system) to being elected by the people directly (direct election). Anchored in the quantitative descriptive research design, in which the data was garnered from documentation, this study aims to examine the extent to which the people partook in the first round of the direct and simultaneous regional head election in 2015. The collected data was analyzed by means of the participatory and democracy approach within the local political landscape. The empirical findings showed that the public participation in the local election remained low given the statistical evidence (64.02% of the total voters). The study demonstrates that despite the provision of the political stage within the local scope, it does not fully encourage the people to exercise their political rights.

Politicization Bureaucracy in the Implementation of Regional Chief Election

Bureaucracy is an important instrument in the country as a bridge between people and government. However, the strength of the role and function of bureaucracy often makes the rulers abusing bureaucracy for political ends, especially the perpetuation of power. The era of regional autonomy with direct regional head elections made the head of the region have the right to determine its bureaucratic officials in the region. Later, officials of the bureaucracy are also likely to be used for award of the tool in the context of general elections that followed for the next period. It is expressed as the politicization of the bureaucracy for winning the local elections. The local elections in Medan city became one example of the phenomenon of the politicization of the bureaucracy. Harahap Rahudman victory at the General Election of Medan in 2010 to form the politicization of the bureaucracy that causes power can be continued in the next period. This happens because the positions of the existing bureaucracy have intervened before to follow the will of the political authorities in the city of Medan. Own bureaucratic officials follow the will of the Mayor of Medan and keep the position or position in government institutions. The phenomenon of the politicization of the bureaucracy will give rise to a negative meaning of the bureaucracy which initially should be the government’s tool to serve the people and also lead to disruption of the bureaucratic model that should be professional (merit).

PARTAI POLITIK, FENOMENA DINASTI POLITIK DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH, DAN DESENTRALISASI

This study aims to describe the practice of political dynasties emerged along the carrying out of regional head election, describe the role of political parties in that process, and to explain the impacts on decentralization. The research used qualitative approach with primary data source documentation that purposively selected from Kompas newspaper. Data was collected, processed, and analyzed based on news or information related to political parties, direct regional head elections, and the phenomenon of the rise of political dynasties in some areas. The results shows that the practice of democracy in the local election has grown into a double-edged sword; on the on hand it gives the political rights to be elected to individual or group, and on the other hand depriving political rights to selected individuals or groups. This is a necessary condition for the growth and proliferation of the phenomenon of dynastic politics in Indonesia. Not surprisingly, the emergence of oligarchy both within political parties and local government without sufficient competence in governance at the local government. As a result, the practice of collusion, corruption and nepotism (KKN) spread in almost all regions in Indonesia. DOI : https://doi.org/10.26905/pjiap.v1i2.436

How has Decentralized Democracy Impacted on the Socioeconomic Well-Being of Workers and the General Public in Indonesia

How has Decentralized Democracy Impacted on the Socioeconomic Well-Being of Workers and the General Public in Indonesia