TINJAUAN YURIDIS PEMILIHAN UMUM SERENTAK BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 7 TAHUN 2017 TENTANG PEMILIHAN UMUM

Abstract

Indonesia is a democratic legal state as stated in Article 1 paragraph (1)
and paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which
reads "Sovereignty is in the hands of the people and carried out according to the
Constitution" and "The State of Indonesia is a law". Democracy as an Indonesian
constitutional concept in its use as a state ideology has many challenges in its
implementation, so that many policies are not implemented in accordance with
what the Constitution wants. Especially in an election system that has not yet
achieved the mandate of the law, so it is necessary to regulate the procedures for
conducting simultaneous elections which cause a lot of material and non-material
losses to occur. In Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections, there is
no explicit regulation regarding the method of holding simultaneous elections.
The purpose of this study is to review the policy of constitutional law in the
implementation of simultaneous elections in Indonesia. The research method used
in this thesis is normative legal research, legal research conducted by researching
library materials and secondary data, can be called normative legal research. This
study uses the methodology of the principles of democratic elections. The
constitutional law policy in holding simultaneous elections in Indonesia is a very
important regulation to minimize the occurrence of errors in the context of
implementation in Indonesia and is a shared responsibility by the community and
the state civil apparatus. We really need clear regulations and have legal certainty
and can strengthen the presidential system in Indonesia.
Keywords: Juridical Review, Simultaneous Elections, Principles of Democratic
Elections.