Legal Literacy - Indonesian democracy is being tested in Election 2024 due to the high incidence of Election Violations. Familiarize yourself with the various types of election violations and their criminal sanctions, ranging from providing false information and illegal campaigning to bribery and political corruption. Ensure that you vote wisely and report election violations to realize clean and fair elections!
Election Violations in Indonesia
The crucial phase of Indonesian democracy, which occurs every 5 (five) years, takes place in 2023 to 2024, marked by the election of legislative members (DPR RI, DPD RI, DPRD Provinces, DPRD Regencies/Cities) and the simultaneous election of the president and vice president (presidential election) on February 14, 2024. Various problems such as bribery, budget manipulation, corruption, trading in positions, and so on accompany the election. Further elaborated are criminal offenses in Elections as a preventive and repressive measure for the future.
1. Election Violation: False Information in Filling Out Voter Registration Data
Article 488 of the Election Law explains that everyone must fill in data or provide honest, accurate, and truthful information in the voter list data collection.
“Anyone who intentionally provides false information about themselves or another person owing something necessary for filling out the Voter list as referred to in Article 203, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and a fine of a maximum of Rp. 12,000,000.00 (twelve million rupiah).â€
2. Election Violation: Village Head Taking Actions to Benefit or Disadvantage Election Participants During the Campaign Period
Article 490 of the Election Law
“Any village head or other designation who intentionally makes decisions and/or takes actions that benefit or harm one of the Election Participants during the Campaign period shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and a fine of a maximum of Rp. 12,000,000.00 (twelve million rupiah).â€
3. Election Violation: Committing Actions that Disrupt, Obstruct, or Interfere with the Course of the Election Campaign
Article 491 of the Election Law
“Anyone who disrupts, obstructs, or interferes with the course of an Election Campaign shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and a fine of a maximum of Rp12,000,000.00 (twelve million rupiah).â€
4. Election Violation: Conducting an Election Campaign Outside the Schedule Determined by the General Election Commission
Article 492 of the Election Law explains that Election campaigns are carried out in the form of electronic mass media advertisements, print mass media, the internet, and public meetings and ends until the start of the quiet period, namely starting on February 11, 12, and 13, 2024, it is prohibited to carry out Election campaigns.
"Any person who intentionally conducts an Election Campaign outside the schedule stipulated by the KPU, the Provincial KPU, and the Regency/City KPU for each Election Participant as referred to in Article 276 paragraph (2), shall be punished with imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and a maximum fine of Rp. 12,000,000.00 (twelve million rupiah)."
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