Legal Politics Regional Head Election Dispute Settlement in The Constitutional Court

Abstract

This study aims to find out about legal politics Elections for Regional Heads and Deputy Regional Heads (PILKADA) are one of the significant political breakthroughs in realizing democratization. Pilkada is a very important instrument in the administration of regional government based on the principles of democracy in the regions based on direct, general, free, confidential, honest and fair principles. democratic, even the election is legally flawed caused by violating laws and regulations. Therefore, it is necessary to study the settlement of election disputes in the constitutional court. The purpose of this study is first, to find out and analyze the implementation of political legal case settlement of election disputes at the constitutional court, second to find out and analyze the weaknesses of the political law of election dispute settlement at the constitutional court and future solutions. This study uses a normative juridical research type with the specification of the research is descriptive analysis. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained through literature and documentary studies. Furthermore, it is analyzed using qualitative analytical methods. Based on the results of the research as follows: First, the Implementation of Political Case Settlement Legal election disputes at the Constitutional Court has not been effective. Second, Political Weaknesses in the Law of Election Dispute Resolution at the Constitutional Court and Future Solutions are Problems Concerning the Scope of Pilkada Disputes, the number of constitutional judges is only nine people, managing disputes over the results of the regional head election, where the number of cases is quite high, makes it difficult for the Constitutional Court to work effectively. The time limit for resolving disputes is quite short, namely 14 days. This means that with its centralized nature and limited number of judges, the Information and Technology Support Issues of the Constitutional Court cannot be used optimally to support Pilkada dispute hearings.