Proceedings of the International Conference of Democratisation in Southeast Asia (ICDeSA 2019)

Bawaslu and the Dynamic of Election Monitoring in Indonesia

Authors
Muhamad Febriansyah, Muhammad Febriansyah, Muhamad Ismail, Norazam Noor
Corresponding Author
Muhamad Febriansyah
Available Online November 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.5How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Election Monitoring, KPU, Bawaslu, Elections in Indonesia Introduction
Abstract

This paper examines the election monitoring in Indonesia with a specific focus on a unique element in Indonesian elections that is the Bawaslu, an official institution established to observe and monitor the electoral process. Bawaslu had gained considerable juridical authority since 2017, granted by the election law, to not only monitor and provide recommendations, but also has the power to intervene with the electoral process and to judge any electoral offence. In the case of 2019 concurrent election, Bawaslu’s newfound authority had led to a constant conflict with the KPU. It is also argued that Bawaslu’s existence is one of the causes that have led to the declining participation of local or international civil society in election monitoring in Indonesia. This research uses observational study to evaluate the 2019 concurrent election and interviews with KPU, Bawaslu, as well as local and international election monitoring NGOs in Indonesia. We argue that Bawaslu’s current role is not ideal in the context of Indonesian electoral system because the participation from civil society in election monitoring is still very much needed in democracy consolidation in Indonesia

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Democratisation in Southeast Asia (ICDeSA 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.5How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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