This study aims to analyze the politics of government law regarding discretionary policies in handling covid-19 based on Law No. 2 of 2020. The study focuses on the use and supervision of discretion in handling covid-19 and the protection of the use of discretion in handling covid-19 based on Law No. 2
of 2020. The results of the study show that the central government issued various legal instruments in the form of Ministerial Regulations, Presidential Decrees, and the making of laws in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. The government can use discretion as an inherent authority. The authority to use
discretion already has a strong juridical basis based on Law No. 30 of 2014 concerning Government Administration. However, it becomes a problem when discretion is misused (discretional corruption), including because of the wrong interpretation of discretion and / or malicious intent to gain profit by
issuing discretion which results in corruption. Law No. 30 of 2014 and general principles of good governance.