Internal oligarchy within political party will stub out the fairness principle for all members of the party. This condition is worsen by the fact that the election mechanism of the Parliament members is not yet inclusive and only involving a …

In the upcoming 2017 Local Elections, there are six electoral areas with only one candidate for voters to choose. Single candidacy, according to the Local Elections Law No.10/2016, is permissible. However, single candidacy indicates a bigger problem, that is unequal …

The conversion process of votes into parliamentary seats has become a recurring debate in Indonesia. Many election activists insist the Government should implement a conversion system that can maximize representation proportionality so that the election result is fair. In order …

In the new Election Law Bill submitted by the Government early this October, it is stated that the election system that will be used in the upcoming legislative elections is limted open-list proportional system. However, many people consider the system …

Indonesia has been implemented open-list proportional system in three elections: 2004, 2009, and 2014. In 2004, the system was half-open, while in 2009 and 2014 was fully open-list. The high percentage of voters and valid votes show that the system …

The election system as contained in the new Election Law Bill submitted by President and members of the Parliament does not meet the expectations. Many stakeholders think the election system is more similar to the closed-list proportional system. In it, …

In the new Election Law Bill submitted by President and members of the Parliament, there is a regulation that prohibits any presidential candidate that has link or relation in the past with the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The regulation …

In the Bill for the new Election Law, the Government reintroduce the 30% minimum woman representation as a requirement for political party to be able to participate in legislative election. Political party is prohibited to participate if they have less …

Any electoral legal suit granted by the Constitutional Court (MK) does not necessarily change the result of election. The decision made by MK usually mandates the Election Commission (KPU) to conduct recounting or re-polling. “Not all electoral legal suit granted …

Term of “indigenous Papuans” prompts to not only apply to candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor of Papua. Candidates of regent and deputy regent as well as mayor and deputy mayor should apply the same principle. Provision of “indigenous Papuans” …