PEER-REVIEW: The Implementation of Legislative Electoral Crime Sanctions in South Kalimantan Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out and analyze the implementation of criminal sanctions for electoral crimes in the 2019 legislative elections in South Kalimantan Province.The research type used is empirical legal research sourced from (1) primary data obtained through interviews; (2) secondary data sourced from the literature and related documents.The results showed that the implementation of criminal sanctions in the 2019 Legislative Elections in the South Kalimantan Province was not yet maximally applied, namely the finding of judges' decisions that gave light sentences in the form of probation that were not in line with the spirit of criminalization in the Election Law and did not provide a deterrent effect. In addition, the existence of disparity in criminal decisions that will have an impact on dissatisfaction for convicts and even the public in general.