Rethinking of Local Election in The Unitary State: A Study of Indonesia’s Politics


The election is very much associated with democracy. As Indonesia is constitutionally democratic the country is also committed to holding the election regularly. However, as Indonesia is a unitary state, identifying local elections with democratization might be questionable. This study was a research-based article on Indonesia’s politics today. A thorough observation of the local election showed that from the perspective of economics, the local election was identical to wasting financial and time energy. In the long run, it may put the country at risk of disintegration from the standpoint of politics. Due to the weaknesses of a local election, the main question is why the Government institutionalized local polls. Thus, the result revealed that the local election as a means of recruiting local government leaders was worth dismantling and recommended to be replaced by a tight selection of administrative requirements.

Selengkapnya: https://doi.org/10.29103/jspm.v4i1.9886

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