The Elections Law No. 7 of Year 2017 (Law 7/2017) mandates a new authority for the Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) in enforcing the elections law. Other than acting as a monitoring body, now Bawaslu also acts as an institution that …
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Arif Rahman Hakim: Managing Elections in Indonesia Is Not As Easy As It Seems
The General Secretary of the Elections Commission of Indonesia (KPU), Arif Rahman Hakim, tells his experience in managing elections in Indonesia. According to Arif, managing elections in Indonesia is not as easy as it seems. Here is our interview with …
Read More »Fritz Edward Siregar: Bawaslu Issue New Regulations on Sentra Gakkumdu
On Tuesday, November 21st 2017, members of the Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) pay a visit to the House of Representatives to consult the newly-issued Bawaslu’s Regulations (Perbawaslu) on the use of Integrated Center for Elections Law Enforcement (Sentra Gakkumdu) with …
Read More »Titi Anggraini: Democracy Ambassador, It’s All About Work, Work, Work, for Democracy
The Executive Director for Elections and Democracy, Titi Anggraini, has just been appointed as one of Democracy Ambassadors to champion study on Global State of Democracy by International IDEA, a think-tank organization based in Stockholm, Sweden. Titi is appointed alongside …
Read More »Khairul Fahmi: We Must Evaluate the Registration Procedure for Political Parties
The political party registration process receives evaluations from many elections experts and activists. On eof the experts who provide his evaluation is Khairul Fahmi, a researcher from the Center for Constitution Study (Pusako) of Andalas University. Here is the transcript …
Read More »Junaidi, KIP of Aceh: We Have Accepted Proofs of Valid Registration of Four Political Parties
The Elections Commission (KPU) has closed the 1×24 hours of political party registration extension period on Tuesday (10/17). At 24:00 local time, the registration process was concurrently closed by all KPUs all over Indonesia, including the Independent Elections Commission (KIP) …
Read More »Fadli Ramadhanil: Protocol for Sipol Should be Regulated in Detail
The Initial phase of the 2019 National Elections has practically begun when the Elections Commission (KPU) officially started the political party registration process on Tuesday (10/03). KPU will refer to the KPU Regulations No. 11/2007 on Registration, Verification, and Approval …
Read More »Lukman Edy: Ballot Box Must be Transparent In Order to Prevent Fraud
The new Elections Law contains a new provision which imposes that the Elections Commission must provide transparent ballot boxes for election process. Many people have suspicion that the provision was a special request by the Parliament members before the Bill …
Read More »Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati: Three Crucial Issues in the New Elections Law Are Decided Based on Short-Term Interests
Members of the Parliament and the government finally agreed on the content of the new Elections Law Bill on predawn Friday (07/21) and they will immediately pass the Bill. Activists from the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) argue that …
Read More »Titi Anggraini: With the Old Elections Law, KPU had More Workload
The draft for the new Elections Law has been completed by the Parliament’s Special Comittee for the Elections Law Bill. Both members of the Committee and executive government have agreed on many issues, save for five crucial issues regarding election …
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