When asked about when will the Election Commission (KPU) hold election using e-voting technology, a commissioner from KPU, Hadar Nafis Gumay, says that he and his colleagues in KPU have no exact idea. However, Hadar says that KPU is willing …
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KPU Commissioner: Election Schedule for 2017 is Already Full
A commissioner of the Election Commission (KPU), Arief Budiman, says that in 2017 KPU is facing a tight schedule. One of the activity that should be completed is the 2017 Concurrent Local Elections which will end in May. The earlier …
Read More »51 Percent of Voters Want More Than Just Two Presidential Candidates in 2019 Election
51 percent or 204 out of total 400 respondents of a survey conducted in Sumatera, Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, and Eastern Indonesia, want more than just two candidates for the upcoming 2019 Presidential Election. Voters with the age …
Read More »Kongres Masyarakat Adat Nusantara V Bahas Kepemiluan
Kongres Masyarakat Adat Nusantara V memasukan isu kepemiluan menjadi salah satu pembahasan. Kongres lima tahunan yang dikoordinir Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) kali ini diselenggarakan di tanah wilayah adat, Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara. AMAN melibatkan Perkumpulan untuk Pemilu dan Demokrasi …
Read More »Should MK be More Accessible?
A professor of constitutional law from Andalas University, Saldi Isra, says the Constitutional Court (MK) is just too liberal in providing public access inside their office building. According to Saldi, this is dangerous because there might be some people who …
Read More »Perludem: Commission II of Parliament Should Immediately Conduct Fit and Proper Test on KPU and Bawaslu Members Candidates
The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) urges members of the Commission II of Parliament to immediately conduct fit and proper test on the candidates for the new members of Election Commission (KPU) and Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) for the …
Read More »MK Judges Should be Handpicked, Not Recruited from Job Application
Former Chief Judge of the Supreme Court (MA) for the term of 2001-2008, Bagir Manan, says that the government should handpick the judges for the Constitutional Court (MK), not recruit them through jobs opening and application. Bagir also says that …
Read More »Pelaksanaan E-Voting di Pilkades Babakan 2017
Pada Minggu, 12 Maret 2017, Desa Babakan, Kecamatan Ciseeng, Kabupaten Bogor, menyelenggarakan Pemilihan Kepala Desa (Pilkades). Pilkades digelar di satu lokasi Tempat Pemungutan Suara (TPS), yakni lapangan di Jalan Babakan Wetan. Sebanyak 10.374 pemilih terdaftar di Daftar Pemilih Tetap (DPT). …
Read More »Rapor Mahkamah Kontitusi dan Harapan Besar untuk Keadilan
Pada forum Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) Mendengar (9/3), Ketua Pusat Kajian Anti Korupsi (Pukat) Fakultas Hukum Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM), Zainal Arifin Mochtar, menyampaikan lima catatan sebagai rapor MK. MK, yang tengah mengalami guncangan akibat ditangkapnya Hakim MK, Partialis Akbar, oleh …
Read More »Constitutional Court Should Have the Highest Standard
The Chief Deputy of Corruption Prevention Department of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Pahala Nainggolan, gives recommendations for Constitutional Court (MK) to improve its performance. According to Pahala, MK should have the highest standard for their ethics, monitoring system on …
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