Bendi Juantara, Bendi and Indra Bulan, bulan (2020) STRENGTHENING BEGINNERS 'CHARACTER EDUCATION IN FACING THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. In: ICCIE UNY, 3-4 Oktober 2020, Yogyakarta. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Regional Head General Election (Pilkada) is an important part of the implementation of democracy in the regions. Pilkada can be a moment to determine candidate candidates for leaders who are desired by the people, with integrity, accountability and credibility. However, unfortunately in the ongoing process of the regional head elections that have taken place after the reformation era, in fact it has been infiltrated by many interests and presents problems. Starting from money politics, goods politics, and various other transactional politics, in addition, when elected, many policies made by regional heads are ineffective and beneficial for certain interest elites, while the community is always positioned as a subordinate group. Not to mention the massive number of regional heads entangled in corruption, gratification, conflict and so on. The problems plaguing many regional heads in Indonesia have more or less led to a decline in public confidence in the elections. Reflecting on the results of the performance of the 2015 simultaneous regional elections, the number of golput is around 30 percent. This figure is predicted to continue to increase in the 2020 regional elections in line with the increasing number of problems plaguing regional heads in a number of regions in Indonesia. Beginner voters are a new generation of voters who have never been involved in the general election process before. Most of the new voters come from students who are familiar with advances in information technology and have social networks, especially first-time voters who live in urban areas. With the current ease of access, novice voter groups are very vulnerable to being the impact of political games in regional elections. Character education for novice voters is a panacea for protecting their thinking and behavior from pragmatic politics, and teaching them the substantive meaning of the elections as a whole. This paper analyzes how character education can protect first-time voters in regional elections. KEY WORDS: Character Education, Beginner Voters, Simultaneous Regional Election 2020

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (FISIP) > Prodi Ilmu Pemerintahan
Depositing User:	S.Pd., M.A Indra Bulan
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2020 07:00
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2020 07:00
URI:	http://repository.lppm.unila.ac.id/id/eprint/26967

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