Problematika Kode Etik dan Urgensi Demokrasi Pilkada 2020

Abstract

The concretization of the implementation of people's sovereignty is the sustainable implementation of elections or regional elections. To realize the sovereignty of the people, the quality of election organizers is really needed. The election organizers have to keep the principles of election administration firmly. Those principles are independent, honest, fair, legal certainty, orderly, open, proportional, professional, accountable, effective and efficient. It is not easy for the election organizers to create conducive conditions, both in terms of regulations (laws) and in terms of ethics in organizing regional elections amid the pandemic of corona virus 2019 (covid-19. The success of the elections in 2020 is not only determined by the election organizers, especially General Elections Commission (KPU) and Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) along with their own staff, but also it is fully supported by either district heads election (Pilkada) participants (candidate pairs), political parties, campaign teams, communities, or all existing stakeholders. Election Organizer Ethics Council (DKPP) as an institution protected by Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections to maintain the election organizers’dignity through enforcement of a dignified ethic code is a must, although there are several challenges that can potentially be experienced in upholding this ethic, that is to say, DKPP is passive. The scope of the ethic code is normatively limited; the nature of the final and binding decision has begun to be disturbed; and adjustments to the ethic code trial has begun to be based on the covid-19 one (the issue of video conference versus assembly beliefs). The implementation of elections amid a pandemic is a test for election organizers to truly comply with the ethic code and law in order to create quality elections.