August 21, 2025Open Access

Direct Regional Head Elections and Excessive Corruption Loopholes

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Descriptive analysis reveals that direct regional head elections may incentivize corruption in local governance, highlighting urgent reform needs.

Direct regional elections increase financial pressures on candidates, leading to budget manipulation and corruption.
The analysis uncovers systemic weaknesses promoting corruption, despite enhancing political legitimacy through direct elections.
Employing qualitative descriptive analysis, the research examines secondary data from documents and studies on electoral practices.
Findings suggest that the current system lacks accountability, limiting effective legislative oversight and citizen monitoring mechanisms.

Susdarwono et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Descriptive analysis reveals that direct regional head elections may incentivize corruption in local governance, highlighting urgent reform needs.