Abstract:
The Indonesian political reform movement in 1998 became the gateway to a new history of
national politics. This movement has brought about radical changes to various fields of national
and state life. Open space for the development of issues such as democratization, human rights,
law, transparency, civil society, good corporate governance, and others.
The reform movement also led to a shift in state power. If the previous era of state power was
centered on the government (supply side), today power is in the hands of the people (demand
side). This shift has stimulated the public to have high demands and expectations of their
government. One of the demands is that the government can present good governance (Kalsi
et al., 2009). The current paradigm of good governance has touched the stage of modernization.
The government is no longer like a king who must be respected by the people, but on the
contrary the government It is the one who must try to get closer to the community. The
implementation of open government is one model of governance that can bring the government
closer to the people (Al-Jamal & Abu-Shanab, 2016).
Information disclosure is one manifestation of open governance. Indonesia through the 1945
Constitution Article 28 letter (f) has guaranteed the right of every citizen to obtain information.
The presence of Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Openness of Public Information,
increasingly shows that the government has a high commitment to realizing an open
government. Thus, information disclosure is a constitutional mandate that must be
implemented holistically by all public bodies.
Bawaslu as one of the public bodies that has a vision of “The realization of Bawaslu as a
Trusted Guard Institution in the Implementation of Democratic, Dignified, and Quality
Elections”, must consistently transform itself into a public body that is transparent,
accountable, and participatory
