FULFILLMENT OF PASSIVE VOTING RIGHTS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Objective: The limitations of coastal communities are an obstacle to fulfilling passive voting rights in elections. It needs a concept to answer these problems. The purpose of this article is to give birth to the concept of fulfilling the passive voting rights of coastal communities as candidates for regional legislatures.   Method: this normative legal research uses legal, principled, and conceptual approaches. Data are sourced from primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials which are analyzed in a qualitative descriptive manner.   Result: the guarantee of universal suffrage is regulated in Article 27 of the Indonesian Constitution, Constitutional Court Decision Number 011-017/PUU-I/2003 and Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which guarantees respect for human rights without discrimination. The limited social life of coastal communities, which are classified as marginalized groups, is not a reason for not being able to fulfil their rights to become candidates for legislative members. Affirmative policies are needed to obtain equal opportunities to achieve equality and justice in the fulfilment of their rights.   Conclusion: The presence of law is needed to help the process of changing society towards renewal. Three things are needed to fulfil the passive voting rights of coastal communities, namely the provision of affirmative policies, the pattern of cooperation of all stakeholders, and the improvement of human resources.