During the plenary meeting of the Special Committee for the new Election Law Bill, the Unity Development Party (PPP) proposes that the government should improve affirmative policy for women. This is because the previous affirmative policy is deemed unsuccessful in …
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Undemocratic Political Party Hampers Career of Young Politicians
Any political party that fails to improve their internal democratization is hampering the career of their young politicians. The current trend of clientelism in Indonesian politics is disadvantageous to young generation of politicians. “Within political party, there is no clear …
Read More »Perempuan di Pilkada 2017 dan Politik Afirmasi UU Pemilu
Sebagian besar perempuan calon di Pilkada 2017 berlatar belakang dewan/kader partai politik. Ini gambaran nyata aktualisasi politik perempuan di pemilu legislatif diapresiasi partai di pemilu eksekutif daerah. Untuk meningkatkan tren positif ini, dibutuhkan peningkatan afirmasi perempuan dalam Rancangan Undang-undang tentang …
Read More »Veri Junaidi: The Special Committee for the Election Law Bill Should Rectify 22 Unconstitutional Articles
The Government seems to be hasty in completing the new Election Law Bill. Several articles in the Bill clearly ignore the decision made by the Constitutional Court (MK). Konstitusi dan Demokrasi Inisiatif (KoDe Initiative) found at least 22 articles that …
Read More »Golkar Supports the Idea to Reduce Seats Allocation per Electoral Area to 3-6 Seats
Golongan Karya (Golkar) Party supports the idea to reduce district magnitude to 3 to 6 seats for every electoral area (dapil). Golkar supports this idea because they agree to simplify the political party system in Indonesia. “I think our district …
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