Mentally Reconstruction of Money Politics as an Intervention The People's Democratic Rights In The Village Head Election

Abstract

Village Head Election is the Implementation of People's Sovereignty in the Village in order to elect someone to serve as Village Head in a direct, public, free, secret, honest and fair manner. The Village Head Election activity is not an arena of competition between Village communities but is a democratic method that is expected can give birth to leaders who are truly responsible for their positions and side with the interests of the community in the Village, but in reality the Village Head Election activities are not as good as imagined and expected because they have been colored by various negative methods from certain parties to win Candidate pairs for certain village heads, apart from money politics is so popular among the community, it turns out there is an element of pressure from political elites and the Government, it is hoped that the Village Head who will be elected can reciprocate the favor of his supporting elites in the next elections such as the Regional Head Election and the election of legislative members, with this pressure and coercion This has had implications for the emergence of social friction within the village community so that the stability and harmony of the community are divided and conflict with each other. This problem focuses on the mental reconstruction of money politics as a violation of democratic rights in intervening in village head elections. This researcher uses normative juridical research methods using primary data and secondary data with social approach methods, conseptual approach, regulatory approaches and case approaches, as supporting data with agencies. related to drawing deductive conclusions By explaining the mental politics of money in democracy as a way of thinking of people in a democracy who are healthier in using their voting rights in village head elections through Permendagri Number 112 of 2014 concerning Election of Village Heads as amended by Permendagri Number 65 of 2017 and amended by Permendagri Number 72 It is hoped that the 2020 Village Head Election will become the basis and reference for a democracy that is free, confidential, honest and fair.