A week has passed, also a week still slips a feeling of anxiety in my mind regarding the evaluation towards the 2015 Simultaneous Elections that were held by West Sumatra KPU that involved every District/City Electoral Commission (KPU) as well as many stakeholders whether it be public figure or NGO (LSM). We are fully aware that election is the peoples …
Election law revision is still in progress, some of it are reinforcement or expansion of Bawaslu and staff*s authority in dealing with election disputes, for example, disputes in the nomination, administration on 2015 dispute settlement was in fact did not run well. This settlement was protracted so that Bawaslu expanded its authority in enforcing law on money politics up to …
Political Party Convention as Alternative for Recruiting Regional Head Candidates BY GIRINDRA SANDINO Currently, approaching the election for governor and vice governor in the local election of Jakarta in 2017, political parties are exploring, looking for, recruiting, and soliciting political figures who deserve to be promoted to be the candidates for governor and vice governor of Jakarta to fight in …
Anniversary for an institution is not only commemorated with a ceremony and ceremonial activities, but it is also useful to strengthen more the unity and kinship among individuals in the organization of the institution. Therefore, in order to celebrate the anniversary of an institution, a match or race or other events, such as family gathering and outbound, is usually held. …
The Simultaneous Local Election (Pilkada) Part I has ended and now weâ€re waiting for the Simultaneous Pilkada Part II. Pilkada has become one of the most talked about topics. One of the discussions is concerning the trouble in proofing the political dowry. Political dowry is understood as a payment from a district head registrant to be carried in the Pilkada. …
Our nation has approved that democracy is the best option for us in organizing our nation. One of the elements of democracy that is very fundamental is the regular election. Through election, the people can judge the contract that (once) given to the representatives in the past, and after that, will decide the people to trust in leading the country …
It was 9:45 at night, my cellphone kept on ringing. I was having a headache and felt heavily sleepy, and was on my way back home to Jakarta from Gosong Telaga, Aceh Singkil, so I did not heed every incoming call. Most of the calls eventually diverted to the cellphone of my husband. Soon after, my husband haltingly told me …
If there is such thing as ideal election system, then such system would be the one that corresponds with the particular democratic experiences and political-sociological context in each country. An election system that is ideal for a country does not necessarily ideal for other country. The United States may be ideal for plurality (majoritarian) system. Australia may be ideal for …
Indonesia will make a history in 2019. For the first time ever, Indonesia will hold concurrent elections to elect president, members of the national parliament (DPR), members of the lower house parliament (DPD), members of provincial parliament, and members of regency/municipality parliament at the same time. Since the first election in 1955, and since the start of Reformation era in …
I can only laugh when the Election Commission (KPU) and the Parliament agree to allow criminal convict to participate in local elections as candidate. Titi Anggraini, the Executive Director of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), wrote this on her Facebook with irony: “We should not let the government take away the rights of criminal convicts to participate in …
