Illegal levies are still a tradition in Indonesia since the Dutch colonial era. Extortion usually often occurs in public service offices. This certainly violates the rights of citizens to obtain legal protection. Indonesia as a country based on law, of course, has guaranteed legal protection in the constitution. Extortion is a criminal act, extortion often occurs because of the low level of legal awareness of public service office employees. With the practice of extortion, of course, it is contrary to what is expected in the state goals as stated in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. Illegal levies are an act of government employees that hinders the welfare of the community and causes public distrust of the state. Criminal policies related to illegal levies are contained in Article 348 paragraph (1) and Article 432 of the Criminal Code. Illegal levies can be categorized as a criminal act of extortion. Illegal levies often occur because of the lack of supervision from government agencies authorized to oversee the implementation of public services. To ensure the implementation of public services that are free from illegal fees, more detailed regulations and tighter supervision from the government are needed. The higher the level of legal culture of public service employees, it will guarantee the rights of legal protection of citizens so that a prosperous country can be realized. This research uses normative research methods.Pungutan liar masih menjadi tradisi di Indonesia sejak jaman kolonial Belanda. Pungutan liar biasanya sering terjadi di kantor pelayanan publik. Hal ini tentu melanggar hak warga negara untuk mendapatkan perlindungan hukum. Indonesia sebagai negara yang berlandaskan hukum, tentu saja telah menjamin perlindungan hukum di dalam konstitusi. Pungli merupakan merupakan suatu tindak pidana, pungli sering terjadi karena rendahnya tingkat kesadaran hukum pegawai kantor pelayanan publik. Dengan terjadinya praktik pungli tentu saja bertentangan dengan apa yang diharapkan dalam tujuan negara yang tercantum dalam Pembukaan Undang-Undang Dasar Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945. Pungutan liar merupakan suatu perbuatan pegawai pemerintah yang menghambat kesejahteraan masyarakat serta menyebabkan timbulnya ketidakpercayaan masyarakat terhadap negara. Kebijakan pidana terkait pungutan liar terdapat di dalam Pasal 348 ayat (1) dan Pasal 432 Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana. Pungutan liar dapat dikategorikan sebagai tindak pidana pemerasan. Pungutan liar kerap terjadi karena kurangnya pengawasan dari lembaga pemerintah yang berwenang mengawasi penyelenggaraan pelayanan publik. Untuk menjamin terlaksananya pelayanan publik yang bebas dari pungutan liar, maka dibutuhkan pengaturan yang lebih rinci serta pengawasan yang lebih ketat dari pemerintah. Semakin tinggi tingkat budaya hukum pegawai pelayanan publik, maka akan menjamin hak perlindungan hukum warga negara sehingga negara yang sejahtera dapat terwujud. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian normatif.

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The development of Indonesia's governance is currently quite rapidly developing. Indonesia is one of the countries that adheres to a democratic system. This understanding is elaborated constitutionally and fundamentally in the Preamble to the NRI Constitution of 1945 Alenia IV, which affirms one of the country's policies which reads: "Peoplehood led by wisdom in consultation / representation". The purpose of this study is to determine the legal consequences of having a single candidate in the general election when viewed from the perspective of democratic principles in Indonesia. This study uses normative research, which uses secondary data in analyzing the problems raised and supported by primary legal materials consisting of laws and regulations, court decisions, legal theories and legal principles recognized by civilized nations (general theory recognized by civilized nations ), secondary legal materials such as journals, books, and other scholarly articles, and tertiary legal materials consisting of encyclopedias, and legal dictionaries.  The legal framework for regional elections must be able to guarantee the holding of democratic elections. However, seeing the condition of a single candidate, it caused a reaction from elements of the community by submitting a judicial review to the Constitutional Court regarding the rules for nominating regional heads. As a result of this vacancy, it has an impact on postponing the regional elections until the next regional elections so that the regions that are postponed will be led by temporary officials appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. This circumstance was deemed by the plaintiff to be unfair to the spouse of a qualified candidate to run in the local election competition. The existence of a single candidate begins with a legal vacuum when the requirements for at least two pairs of candidates to be able to hold elections are not met, so that the legal vacuum results in the inability to hold regional elections.