Analysis of Regional Election Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic in Semarang City

Abstract

This article provides an analysis on whether a Regional election when there is only one pair of the candidate to select during pandemic Covid-19 is needed or not using a juridical empirical with analytical descriptive research specifications where the results of the data obtained in the regional election held in Semarang City using Netnography supported with relevant literature to then analyzed using triangulation data process where the result shows that even though the Regional Election shows that there is no significant increase in the patients, it should be raised as a concern on the need to not conduct the election in pandemic especially if there is only one pair to select as the government are supposed to hold people’s safety over everything. Therefore the law number 7 of the year 2017 need to be reconstructed especially in Article 431 and 432 by adding a new clause in case of a pandemic or disaster, the regional election can be decided by the Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD).

Keywords: Regional Election, Pandemic Prevention, Law Reconstruction.

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/108-03

Publication date: April 30^th 2021