Political Volunteers supporting regional heads winning move freely in grey area of election regulation. Rule makers are urged to immediately address this regulatory stuttering. Legal vacuum is utilized completely well by the voluntary association of political backers of regional head …
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Half-Hearted Multiparty System Simplification
Simplifying the party system is not merely about reducing the number of political party involved The discussion over which election system should be implemented in the upcoming concurrent election is getting intense. Other than discussing the method of candidacy and …
Read More »Half-Hearted Multiparty System Simplification
Simplifying the party system is not merely about reducing the number of political party involved The discussion over which election system should be implemented in the upcoming concurrent election is getting intense. Other than discussing the method of candidacy and …
Read More »Pancasila Election System
Appreciating Proportional Votes The codification initiative of the election law also initiates a discussion on which election system should be implemented in the concurrent election. Amidst the classical debate between open-list proportional representation system and closed-list proportional representation system, there …
Read More »Elections Have Not Been Accessible for People with Disabilities
The low awareness and discrimination against people with disability renders elections in Indonesia have not been fully-accessible. This is not to mention the other many problems surrounding the electoral process in Indonesia. Democracy, as the basis for election, requires sustainable …
Read More »13 Strategic Issues in the Election Law According to the Government
The Government, represented by the Ministry of Home Affairs, has formulated the election law that will be used as the legal framework for the 2019 Concurrent Election. There are 13 issues considered to be the basis for the formulation. The …
Read More »Red Carpet for Criminal Convicts
Members of Parliament recommends the Election Commission (KPU) to allow criminal convicts in probation to participate in elections as candidate. It violates the effort to establish a more clean and reliable electoral process. The hearing session between KPU and members …
Read More »Men in Womens Representation
The gender quotas of 30% for women group as a requirement for election participation in the 2014 legislative election has been properly implemented by the Election Commission (KPU), despite the fact that gender inequality is still a problem within the …
Read More »The Reasons Behind The Increase of Single Candidate in Local Elections
Out of 101 electoral areas that will hold the 2017 Local Elections, there are six areas with only one candidate participation. In the previous 2015 Local Elections, with 269 electoral areas, there are only three areas with single candidate participation. …
Read More »Seven Woman Incumbent Candidates in 2017 Local Elections
There are seven women incumbent candidates in the upcoming local elections. They might as well be trapped once again in the illicit relationship of patron-client. Out of 101 electoral areas that will hold the upcoming local elections, there are 67 …
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