The Chairperson of the Special Team for the new Elections Bill, Muhammad Lukman Edy, says that all political parties in the Parliament agree that legal punishment for violator of electoral regulation needs to be increased. Most politicians think the current …

The Special Team for the new Elections Bill has submitted List of Problems regarding the content of the Bill to the Government. The List contains 2.855 numbers on which articles are approved and which are rejected, along with the rationale …

Eight candidates for the selection of the new members of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) undergo the first-day interview with the Special Team for the Selection of the New Members of Bawaslu today. Those eight candidates are: Sapto Supono, Saiful, …

Integrity, independence, and election technology become three main focus during the interview process of the selection for the new Election Monitoring Body members. Members of the Special Team for the Selection relentlessly grill all the candidates with questions regarding their …

Candidates for selection of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) members are provided with a pact by the Special Team for the Selection. The pact contains an agreement that should be signed by the candidates that they will not gather political …

The delimitation process of an electoral area (or districting) needs to consider the size of the region, besides total of population. This is because, in Indonesia, there are many vast regions with only small number of population, while the size …

Many experts deem small district magnitude will make it easier for legislators to credit claiming. The less legislator in an area, the clearer it would be the responsibility of each legislator, because there will be not much legislators involved in …

There are many candidates with a status of criminal convict in the 2017 Local Elections. Most of them are dealing with corruption allegation. For example, there is Ahmad Marzuki, the incumbent candidate for the race of Jepara regent position, who …

Technology experts from the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo), PT. INTI, the Body for Technology Review and Implementation (BPPT), and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) are present during a hearing session to discuss the content of the new Elections …

The Joint Secretariat for the Elections Law Codification Initiative (Sekber Kodifikasi) criticizes the requirement for political party to be able to participate in elections as contained in the Law No.8/2012. The requirement is deemed too expensive and difficult. Sekber Kodifikasi …