Peran Politik Hukum Dalam Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi DiIndonesia

Abstract

Corruption is an unlawful act which is opposed by all parties and can harm a country's economy. Corruption can be
carried out in all aspects of society, from the lower classes to the upper classes. Corruption has become a legal issue
which is complicated to deal with, because corruption is related to political, economic, and socio-cultural aspects,
which can endanger the stability, security of the state and its people. However, in the matter of corruption, it must
be realized that it is not a matter of the large amount of state losses, or the increasingly sophisticated corrupt
modus operandi or Indonesia's ranking as one of the countries with the most corruption, but the fact that the
difficulty of eradicating corruption in Indonesia is revealed due to the powerlessness of law enforcement officials.
in dealing with corruption cases. Legal politics is understood as choices regarding laws or regulations that are
enforced and are intended to achieve state goals as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution of the 1945
Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The direction of legal politics for eradicating corruption should have to
be continuously reflected and evaluation, whether the legal politics produces policies and legal products that are
the ideals of the nation, or turn out to be an obstacle to the nation's aspirations to achieve prosperity. This study
aims to find out how the application of legal politics in Indonesia in eradicating corruption and what factors
hinder legal politics in eradicating corruption in Indonesia. The approach method used in this study is the
normative juridical approach which is carried out by examining library materials, namely books, journals, official
articles exploring legal doctrines and theories from various literature and applicable laws and regulations. related
to the issues discussed. The results of this study state that corruption is not just a legal symptom but is part of the
political system, therefore it is impossible to separate efforts to eradicate corruption from structuring the political
system related to legal politics.