The Principle of Restricting Political Rights for Ex-Convicts of Corruption in the 2020 Regional Head Elections

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10.2991/assehr.k.211130.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ex-Convicted of Corruption; Restrictions on Political Rights; Local Elections

Abstract

The implementation of regional head elections in Indonesia in 2020 is coloured by the presence of former convicts, especially corruption crimes or relatives as candidates, including some declared elected as regional heads. Election organizers and the public are being tested in this phenomenon, restrictions as contained in the provisions of Article 7 paragraph (2) letter g of Law No. 10 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law No. 1 of 2015 concerning the Determination of Perpu No. 1 of 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors into law jo. The decision of MK RI Number 56/ PUU-XVII/ 2019 is not easy to implement. This legal research comprehensively examines the validity of the principles of restricting political rights related to former convicts or their relatives referred to in instruments or legal acts issued by the organizers of regional elections in Indonesia in 2020.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahmanu Wijaya Maya
AU  - Oksiana Jatiningsih
AU  - Harmanto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/03
TI  - The Principle of Restricting Political Rights for Ex-Convicts of Corruption in the 2020 Regional Head Elections
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joined Conference on Social Science (ICSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 137
EP  - 145
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211130.025
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211130.025
ID  - Maya2021
ER  -