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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 …

In Article 152 of the Election Law Bill, it is stated that any member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) or the lower house of the Parliament shall be any Indonesian citizen of at least 21 year-old and living within …

The Local Representative Council (DPD) as the lower house of the Parliament in Indonesia has less political capacity compared to the higher house of the Parliament. However, according to the Director of Indonesia Parliamentary Center (IPC), Ahmad Hanafi, DPD may …

During a public discussion titled “Revitalize DPD As the Lower Chamber of Parliament” (03/07), an expert on constitutional law, Saldi Isra, argues that the Parliament should revitalize the role of Local Representative Chamber (DPD) as the lower chamber of the …

In his op-ed article titled “Special Committee: Recommendations from Local Election Experts Are Not Enough” published in Kompas (03/06), the Deputy of the Special Committee for the Election Laws Draft from the Democrat Party, Benny Kabur Harman, argues that the …

The results of 2017 Concurrent Local Elections have been announced. In the wake of post-election period, the Constitutional Court (MK) receives 48 lawsuit submitted by losing candidates, election observers, or civil organizations. According to a report released by Constitution and …

Deputy Director of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati, says voters participation on the second round of Jakarta’s Local Election will increase. According to Khoirunnisa, this is because there are many eligible voters on the first …

According to the data released by pilkada2017.kpu.go.id, there are 33 independent candidates participating in 2017 Concurrent Local Elections. There are 3 independent candidates in Aceh’s Local Election, 4 independent candidates in local election at municipality level, and 26 independent candidates …

The local election result in two electoral areas, Banten and West Sulawesi, are being sued to the Constitutional Court (MK). The losing candidate from both areas, Rano Karno from Banten and Suhardi Duka from West Sulawesi, say that they were …

Independent Committee of Election Observers (KIPP), in their press release (02/26), states that the Election Commission (KPU) and Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) have failed in providing the best officials of election polling stations and election observers. There were many cases …