Abstract:
ABSTRACT
LEGAL ANALYSIS OF HANDLING OF 2024 ELECTION CRIMES BY ELECTION ORGANIZERS BASED ON LAW NUMBER 7 OF 2017 CONCERNING GENERAL ELECTIONS
JAJANG JAMIAT RAHMAT
NIM. 82338240011
General elections are the primary means of exercising popular sovereignty in a democratic system, and must be conducted directly, publicly, freely, secretly, honestly, and fairly. In practice, election administration is often confronted with various forms of violations, including election crimes that can affect the integrity and legitimacy of election results. The 2024 Election, as the largest simultaneous election in Indonesia, is highly complex, increasing the potential for election violations and crimes. To maintain the quality of democracy, the state has regulated mechanisms for handling election crimes through Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections and the establishment of an Integrated Law Enforcement Center (Sentra Gakkumdu) involving the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), the Police, and the Prosecutor's Office. However, in practice, handling election crimes still faces various obstacles that affect the effectiveness of election law enforcement. The research method used in this study is a normative juridical legal research method with analytical descriptive research specifications. This study utilizes several legal research approaches, namely the statute approach, the case approach, the historical approach, the comparative approach, and the conceptual approach. The research results indicate that the mechanism for handling election crimes in the 2024 Election has been implemented normatively in accordance with the provisions of Law Number 7 of 2017, including the receipt of reports or findings by the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), discussions within the Gakkumdu Center, the police investigation and inquiry process, prosecution by the Prosecutor's Office, and the examination and decision of cases by the courts. However, in practice, various obstacles are encountered in handling election crimes, both legal and practical. Legal obstacles include limited time for case handling, multiple interpretations of legal norms, and difficulties in proving election crimes, particularly related to the practice of money politics. Meanwhile, practical obstacles include limited human resources, low public participation in reporting election violations, political dynamics, and suboptimal coordination between institutions within the Gakkumdu Center. Keywords: Election Crimes, Election Law Enforcement, Gakkumdu Center, Election Law, Democracy;
