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The General Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Yuswandi A. Temenggung, explains that the distribution of the new fifteen additional parliamentary seats is based on the principle of equality and fairness. According to Yuswandi, after the distribution, there will …
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The Minister of Home Affairs: Government Will Issue Executive Order If Members of Parliament Do Not Pass the New Elections Law Bill Discussion On Time
The Chief of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill, Muhammad Lukman Edy, says that members of the Special Committee will strive to agree on five crucial issues today (06/14). However, if members should fail to reach agreement, …
Read More »President Inaugurates Seven DKPP Members for the 2017-2022 Period
On Monday, June 12th 2017, based on the Executive Order No.75/P of 2017, President Joko Widodo inaugurates seven members of the Election Management Bodies Honor Council (DKPP) for the 2017-2022 period at the National Palace, Jakarta. Those seven DKPP members …
Read More »Readjusting the Total Number of EMB’s Member for Concurrent Elections
The government is planning to readjust the total number of election management bodies’ members. They claim it is for the success of the upcoming concurrent elections. The members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill and the …
Read More »More Seats, More Problems
Adding more seats to the parliament might not solve the problem of proportion. Adding more seats might instead end in budget wastage. Initially, the idea to add more seats to the parliament is proposed to solve the problem of disproportionate …
Read More »Diaspora Indonesia: Three Reasons Why Citizens Abroad Should Have Their Own Electoral Area
Members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill invites activists from Diaspora Indonesia to discuss issues regarding the idea to delimit a special electoral area for Indonesian citizen living abroad. A member of Diaspora Indonesia, Mohammad Al …
Read More »Adding 15 More Seats in the Parliament, Government Will Waste 56 Billion every Year
Adding 15 more seats in Parliament will cause 56 billion budget wasteful spending every year. The Executive Director of Indonesia Budget Center (IBC, Roy Salam, criticizes the members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill who disparage …
Read More »Chairman of KPU: The Selection Process Should Produce Neutral, Professional KPU Members
The Chairman of the Election Commission (KPU), Arief Budiman, says that he and his team are striving to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the Indonesian public for professional and neutral local KPU members. In order to achieve that, Arief …
Read More »Government: There is No Methodological Justification for Adding Parliamentary Seats
Members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill propose an idea to increase the total number of seats in Parliament from 560 to 579 seats. The exact number of the addition was deduced after a simulation process …
Read More »Is the Political Party Verification Requirements Fair Enough?
The verification requirements for political party that wants to participate in election is an important issue that needs more attention in the whole debacle of the making of the new Elections Law. Factual verification process will filter out parties that …
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