Is The Election Process in Indonesia Fair?

Is The Election Process in Indonesia Fair?

            An election is a formal decision-making process by which the people choose an individual to hold the organization. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. As we know that our country is a democratic country, so there will be an election process for choosing the one who hold this whole country. In this country, there will be an election process for once every five years. The election has been planned very well by the government. But, has it been a fair election for the people although the planning has been good? That is the problem we are going to discuss.

            Based on our election principle ‘LUBERJURDIL’ ( Directly, General, Freedom, Secret, Honest, Fair), systematically, our election process are very appreciating the fairness and the other aspect stated in that principle. The evidence are such as all of the citizens have the same chance to choose their choice. This shows that our election process has already been suitable with its principle. Our election process has also been prepared very well long time before the date. It seems like there is a grand event that should be prepared as well. For the people, there are no provocation that forces them to choose the specific candididate. The people are given a freedom of choosing. So, they can choose the candidates based  on the voice of their heart.

            However, the practices are sometimes different with the systematic. There are also so many contraventions happened in the election process. The first contravention is about the election’s information. Usually, the election’s information do not reach the people in the inland site. We know that the inland site is the area that is very difficult to be reached, but, at least the government should give more effort to deliver the information to make the election process fair. From the candidates side, there are also some contraventions. Usually, The Candidates run their campaign long time before the due date. They do it secretly. From that contravention, we can know that our election process have not been fair. Still, there are some corrupotibilities happened. Moreover, some of candidates are using money politic which is actually strictly prohibited by the law. But still, they do it secretly and silently. This also shows that our election needs to be fixed to make it become a fair election process.

            Based on the passage above, we can know that our election’s systematic is very good. However, the practice is not as what we are expecting of. There are still so many contraventions happened. Knowing this, as a good citizen, we have a responsibility to fix that problem by giving some advices to the government. Then, Government will rearrange the practice of the election. If all of the problem above have been fixed, we believe that our election will be 100% fair.