Legal Protection for Person with Disabilities in Relating Right to Vote on the Indonesian Election

Abstract

This research is a conceptual study that examines the legal protection of right to vote for persons with disabilities in the conduct of general elections in Indonesia. The main problem in this article is how Indonesian government is committed to be protected the right by availaibility of Indonesian regulation, in particular regulation on person with disabilitiies. The method used is a normative research method. This study concludes that Indonesian Government has a full commitment in terms of protecting right to vote for persons with disabilities. The evidence seemed by the availability of legislation both produced through the ratification of international conventions and those produced by the national legislation process. The availability of these rules starting from Indonesian constitution of 1945 to the rules technical issues issued by the election organizer in this case the General Election Commission.

Analysis of the Effectiveness of the General Election Commission's Socialization as a Media for Political Education to Create a Democratic Society

“…At the macro level of the political system, political socialization is a tool used by the political community to instill appropriate norms and practices into its citizens. While at the micro level, political socialization is the patterns and processes that individuals go through in engaging themselves in political development and learning, forming a special context with the political environment in which they live (Nurvianti et al, 2019).…”

“…participate in politics(Okunloye, 2017;Pahlevi, 2019). Another factor that is also closely related to political participation is the level of public education, where the higher the education level of the community, usually it will be directly proportional to their tendency to participate in politics(Nurvianti et al, 2019). This is the irony in many developing countries, where the level of public literacy is still low, thus affecting the level of public participation on the political agenda which is generally relatively low.The existence of the General Election Commission as the organizer of the general election is also required to be professional, accountable, and with high integrity, because it has a very important strategic value.…”