Supervision of Bawaslu Pemalang Regency in the 2020 Regional Head Election

Abstract

One of the ongoing democratic activities in 2020 is the Election for the Governor and Deputy Governor, the Regent and Deputy Regent, as well as the Mayor and Deputy Mayor simultaneously in 2020. The success of holding regional elections in Indonesia is largely determined by the performance of the election organizers, one of which is the Election Supervisors a supervisory agency that oversees the process of implementing the Pilkada stages. Pilkada supervision during a pandemic is a big challenge for the ranks of Election Supervisors in Indonesia so it is interesting to study this topic. This research focuses on the supervisory policies issued by the Bawaslu RI during the Covid-19 pandemic and is then linked to the supervision carried out by the Pemalang Regency Bawaslu during the 2020 Pilkada. This legal research used a normative juridical approach and was descriptive analytical in nature which was analysed qualitatively. The results of the study show that there are obstacles and strategies in the supervision of election during the pandemic, but Bawaslu RI and its staff including Bawaslu Pemalang in the supervision of the 2020 Pilkada also carry out with more prevention, socialization to the public through online, maximizing social media owned by the District Bawaslu, coordination between agencies / stakeholders. The Election supervision is also carried out by health protocols in handling Covid-19 in their daily activities in carrying out their duties and authorities.