Indonesia Conference Directory

Sovereignty is in the hands of the people and implemented according to the 1945 Constitution.the meaning of people-s sovereignty in the 1945 Constitution is to place the people as a source of state power where it is in line with the understanding of democracy, namely from the people,by the people and for the people. The regional head election is a form of people-s sovereignty. The existence of a blank coulumn in the regional head election is seen as an alternative choice of the people which simultaneously allow regional head election to be held with only one pair of candidates. Such conditions occur because of the absence of other options provided by the party organizing the regional head election. The research is a qualitative research by describing or giving or giving a description of the condition factually and systematically about the facts and phenomena related to the problem under study and usinh the method conceptual approach and statute approach. The result showed that there were legal problems that occurred when the regional head election was carried out using a blank column selection system.therefore, there is a need for a regulation regarding the mechanism for the selection of regional heads in a complete and clear manner so that it becomes a reference for the regional head election organizer.