August 8, 2024

News

Bawaslu: Prioritize Prevention in Election Supervision

The General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) said that it had handled 70 alleged violations, 126 alleged violations of internet content, and carried out 90,716 preventions related to the 2024 election. Efforts to prioritize prevention will continue to be carried out …

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Election Budget and the Realization of Democracy

Election budget transparency is a crucial key to ensuring an election with integrity. This is significant because the budget for organizing the 2024 Elections amounts to IDR 70.5 trillion, and the substantial funds should ideally be more transparent and accountable …

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Transparency as a Gateway to Party Improvement

Financial transparency serves as the gateway to political party improvement. This is urgent and non-negotiable. Parties wield the power to appoint public officials in many state institutions. Without improvement, especially in financial aspects, parties are co-opted by capital power-holders. “In …

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The DPR Parties Have Not Optimized Transparency

Transparency International Indonesia (TII) has assessed the central management of political parties that hold seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). Nine parties are deemed in need of optimization efforts regarding capacity and finance transparency practices. TII evaluates this based …

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The Candidates Have No Concrete Policy Proposals Yet

The campaign from the three presidential-vice presidential candidate pairs is still dominated by a pattern of responding to issues, gimmicks, and is not accompanied by concrete policy proposals. As much as 47.3% of the campaign materials monitored from online news …

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Schedule and Themes for the 2024 Presidential Election Debates

The General Election Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum or KPU) has set the schedule and themes for the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Election debates. According to Law 7/2017 on General Elections, there will be three debates for presidential candidates and …

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2024 Presidential Election Debates Format

The General Election Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum or KPU) determined the debate format for presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election. In accordance with Article 275, paragraph (1) of Law 7/2017 concerning General Elections, the KPU will facilitate …

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Election Fraud Can Be a Time Bomb

Election fraud can be a time bomb when there is a dispute over election results. Suspected instances of fraud include money politics and the mobilization of Civil Servants (ASN). Tolerating any form of election fraud will impact the election process …

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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 …

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