The Chief of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill, Muhammad Lukman Edy, confirms the rumor that he and his team might allocate some budget from the National State Budget to finance the salary of election observer representing …

The inequality in gender representation in Parliament has no linear correlation with the general quality of democracy in a country. For example, the representation of women in Indonesian parliament is currently below 20 percent, but the quality of democracy in …

During a public discussion titled “Kartini Talks about Elections” in Jakarta (04/20), members of the Caucus for Women Politics in Indonesia (KPPI) share their experience when participating in elections as candidates. Two female politicians say that they have been traumatized …

Circa one hundred years ago, Kartini wrote on one of her letters: “Go, seize your dream. Fight for your future. Fight for the happiness of thousands of people currently living under the oppression of unjust law and false ideologies that …

During the election day of the second round of the Jakarta Governorship Election of 2017, the People’s Voters Education Network (JPPR) reported that there are protests and disputes from the candidate’s official witnesses and voters at 9 Polling Stations out …

The Chief of the Special Committee for the Elections Law Bill, Muhammad Lukman Edy, says that he and his team has decided that the 2019 Concurrent Elections will be held on the third or fourth week of April. Lukman also …

Initiative for Constitution and Democracy (KoDe Inisiatif) express their hope that the new board of members of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) will be able to improve the integrity and transparency of the institution. According to KoDe Initiatif, Bawaslu should …

The Jakarta Metro Police, the Elections Commission (KPU), and the Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu), issue a prohibition for anyone to mobilize masses from outside Jakarta during election to monitor the Polling Stations because such act may intimidate voters. “We prohibit …

Abhan is pointed as the new Chairman of Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) for the 2017-2022 period. Abhan was pointed during the first plenary meeting of the new board of Bawaslu. “We have decided who will be responsible in which division …

Arief Budiman has been officially selected as the new Chairman of the Election Commission (KPU). Arief is selected in the first closed meeting of the new KPU on Wednesday (04/12). During the meeting, members of KPU also decided who will …