General Election Based on the Principle of Luber-Jurdil and Its Development in Indonesia Political Science 20 Technium Social Sciences Journal 2021

20 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 791 (2021)
General Election Based on the Principle of Luber-Jurdil and Its Development in Indonesia

handle is hein.journals/techssj20 and id is 791 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal
Vol. 20, 791-805, June, 2021
ISSN: 2668-7798
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General election based on the principle of Luber-Jurdil and its
development in Indonesia
Fernando Silalahi, Manotar Tampubolon2
1 2 Senior lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
justitie234@gmail.com
Abstract. This qualitative study analyses the implementation of Indonesia's General Election
(PEMILU), based on the principles of it being Direct, Public, Free, Confidential, Honest and Fair
(LUBER-JURDIL), post-reformation, and its development in Indonesia from the perspective of
Dahl's Theory of Power. For General Elections in Indonesia, the principle of LUBER JURDIL
has been implemented; however, BAWASLU is indecisive, enabling elements to try to
undermine the electoral process. Violations occurred during the campaign because of weak law
enforcement and community mobilisation in the name of religion. This is damaging the purpose
of the election, which delegation of political representation. As one of the largest democracies in
the world, Indonesia must be able to live up to being the best country for implementing
democracy, by upholding the principle of LUBER JURDIL. This study uses the concept of
democracy to assess the problems of mechanism and the implementation of the principle of
LUBER JURDIL in previous and upcoming Indonesian elections. By improving the
implementation of democratic elections, changes the leadership and national development, the
people's expectations for the realization of Indonesia as Indonesia a Welfare State.
Keywords. General Election, Indonesia, Violation, democracy
Background
The historical development of state administration in Indonesia has involved a period of
difficulties for the Indonesian government system and there have been some changes in this
system (Syafriadi, 2017). This is to say that the system of government is inconsistent in the way
in which changes are implemented as mandated by the 1945 Constitution. Governance
according to the 1945 Constitution, as practised in Indonesia, provides a more democratic
system of government, in which citizens participate either directly, or indirectly through their
representatives in formulation and law-making processes. Democracy relates to the creation of
social, economic and cultural conditions that allow the free, active and equitable practice of
political freedom (Suyastri, 2020). A democratic system is an alternative to dictatorship or
tyranny. It provides opportunities for the people to control their leaders and overthrow and
replace them without the need for revolution (Santoso, 2015: 74).
Implementation of general election in the 1945 Constitution has made Indonesia one of
the most democratic countries in the world, after the United States and India (Rozi, 2019).
Evidence of this has been seen in every general election in Indonesia. Many international
monitoring teams and foreign experts want to see, firsthand, how Indonesia's general election,
from the actors and processes that may deepen democracy (Tornquist, 2000). The Unitary State

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