Adding 15 more seats in Parliament will cause 56 billion budget wasteful spending every year. The Executive Director of Indonesia Budget Center (IBC, Roy Salam, criticizes the members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill who disparage …
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Government: There is No Methodological Justification for Adding Parliamentary Seats
Members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill propose an idea to increase the total number of seats in Parliament from 560 to 579 seats. The exact number of the addition was deduced after a simulation process …
Read More »Aceh Institute Demands More Independence for KIP and Bawaslu
Aceh Institute demands more independence for Aceh’s Election Commission (KIP) and the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) in the Elections Law. Other than demanding a transfer of authority in managing the election from the Aceh’s Parliament (DPRA) to KIP, Aceh Institute …
Read More »Members of KPU at Regency/Municipality Level Receive Sanctions the Most from DKPP
Members of the Elections Commission (KPU) at regency/municipality level receive the most sanctions from the Election Management Bodies Ethical Council (DKPP). That is the bottomline of the analysis study conducted by the Center for Political Studies (Puskapol) of University of …
Read More »Refly Harun: If We Really Want Free and Fair Elections, the Elections Law Should Not be Made by the Government
A member of the Association of Professors on Constitutional and Administrative Law (APHTN-HAN), Refly Harun, says that if we really want free and fair elections, then we should never let the government and the parliament write the Elections Law for …
Read More »There Are Protests and Disputes in the Second Round of the Jakarta Governorship Election
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 …
Read More »The Special Committee for the Elections Law Bill Decided That the 2019 Concurrent Elections Will be Held in April
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 …
Read More »The New Bawaslu’s Board of Members Should Strengthen Institutional Independence
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 …
Read More »Jakarta Metro Police and EMBs Prohibit the Mobilization of Masses from Outside Jakarta During Election
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 …
Read More »Abhan Is Pointed As the New Chairman of Bawaslu
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 …
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