Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to analyze the regulation of political rights and voting rights of the Indonesian National Armed Forces in the perspective of positive law in Indonesia and to examine the regulation of the political rights and voting rights of the Indonesian National Armed Forces in the perspective of human rights. This study used a normative legal research method using a statutory approach, a conceptual approach and an analytical approach. The study indicated that the political rights and voting rights of the Indonesian National Armed Forces have changed from time to time. This can be observed by examining the 3 (three) periods of power in Indonesia, which include the Old Order, New Order and Reformation. Until now, the limitation of the Indonesian National Armed Forces political rights and voting rights is regulated explicitly in Law Number 7 of 2007 which stipulates that Indonesian National Armed Forces members do not exercise their right to vote. These restrictions indicate that there is no legal synchronization between the conception of human rights in the context of a democratic society in Indonesia and the restrictions on political rights and the Indonesian National Armed Forces voting rights.

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