Sanctions Invite Others To Golput, Beware Of Prison Sentences To Fine Tens Of Millions

Sanctions invite other people to abstain (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA - In every election, there are usually people who intend not to exercise their right to vote or golput. However, it should be noted by the public that there are sanctions for inviting other people to golput with the lure of money or material.

In the implementation of the 2019 Election, there were 34.75 million people who decided to abstain. The number is certainly quite large because it counts around 18.02 percent of the total registered voters. So what is the punishment or sanction to invite other people to golput?

Provisions of punishment or sanctions for individuals or parties who invite other people to golput have been regulated in Article 515 of the Election Law. Actions to invite Golput with an offer of money or material can be punished with imprisonment for three years and a fine of Rp36 million.

The following is the content of the article: Every individual who deliberately, during the voting process, promises or gives money or other material to voters with the aim of preventing them from exercising their voting rights, choosing certain election participants, or using their voting rights in a certain way so that their ballots become invalid, can be subject to a maximum prison sentence of 3 (three) years and a maximum fine of IDR 36 million.

Golput is a term that refers to individuals or groups of people who do not want to give their voting rights in the election. This desire is based not on techniques such as not going to the general election venue, but for political reasons.

The phenomenon of golput being part of the right to vote in a country that assesses elections as a right, is not an obligation. The term golput began to appear in the New Order era, with the term 'white' as an act of choosing white in voice voice.

The white color is an option other than yellow (Golkar), green (PPP), and red (PDIP) because only the three political parties participated in the Election contestation during the New Order.

Reporting from the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) page, someone who decides not to vote or abstain in elections is not a violation of the law. ICJR assessed that not a single rule of law was violated by people who scored.

ICJR is of the view that the punishment stated in Article 515 of the Election Law only limits a person who can be convicted, namely those who mobilize other people to abstain by promising offers in the form of money or material. So without promises or giving money, the act of Golput does not violate and is not sentenced.

There are several factors that make a person choose not to give voting rights or vote during the election. Here are a number of reasons people decide to abstain.

One of the highest reasons people choose to abstain is because of apathy to politics. These people are not interested in dealing with politics, have a sense of indifference and distrust because they feel that there is no impact after the election.

Ignorance of Elections can be the cause of golput people or not voting at polling stations. Even though information about elections has spread on social media and can be accessed on other websites or sites, there are still some people who do not know the exact date of its implementation.

Often limited facilities are the cause of people not voting or abstaining. For example, there are limited facilities for people with disabilities, making it difficult to come to polling stations during the election.

Demikianlah informasi mengenai sanksi mengajak orang lain golput saat Pemilu dengan iming-iming uang atau materi. Sebenarnya keputan untuk golput tidak melanggar hukum apabila tidak ada unsur-ansial tersebut.

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