Political Dowry in the Maelstrom of Political Practices in Indonesia: Legal and Political Aspects

Abstract

Political dowry can be understood as an underhand transaction that involves the provision of large amounts of funds from a candidate for a position contested in the General Election or Regional Head Election with a political party as the political vehicle. A final political decision can change due to transactions in order to change the political attitudes or actions of the people who are influenced. In transactional politics, power or power is at play. Those who want a change in political attitudes and actions from political actors (friends or foes) will use power. The research method used is a normative method that uses secondary data sources or data obtained through literature, books, etc. In politics, political bargaining can be in the form of threats of punishment (giving sticks or sticks), can also be in the form of profitable offers (giving carrots or carrots). The power base of the first party to influence the second party varies, it can be in the form of money, political position or control of negative information about the second party. The practice of unreasonable political dowry in all political activities also has a negative impact on the progress of the country's development. For example, costs that are too high will have an impact on the possibility of greater corruption.

Keywords

• power
• political dowry
• political transaction
• transactional