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The Constitutional Court (MK) should immediately announce their decision on the judicial reviews on Article 9 a Laws No.10/2016 regarding the obligation for members of the election management bodies to consult parliament members before they can pass their own regulations. …

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) asks members of Commission II of the National Parliament to immediately conduct fit and proper test to select the new members of the Election Commission (KPU) and Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu). The term …

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Constitution and Democracy Initiative (KoDe Inisiatif), Center for Legal and Policy Studies (PSHK), and Correct ask Constitutional Court (MK) to prioritize crucial issues. Any issue that might heavily disserve the public in general …

In the 2017 Governorship Local Elections in Aceh, Bangka Belitung, Banten, Jakarta Special Capital Region, Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, and West Papua, each of the area has different rate of participation of voters with disability. In two areas, the rate of …

According to the result of vote counting published on pilkada2017.kpu.go.id/hasil (per February 20th), there are only 12 elected female candidates out of total 45 female candidates, or around 26,67 percent. The average vote gained by the elected candidates is 52,83 …

Aceh’s Local Election Observers Coalition, which consists of Civil Society Organizations Forum of Aceh, Initiative Survey Network, Ideas Aceh, and the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), publish their observation report on the process of Aceh’s Local Election. The observation …

Problems in the voting process during the first round of Jakarta’s Local Election should never be repeated in the second round. Many people demand The Election Commission (KPU) of Jakarta to evaluate and improve three aspects of its performance: preparation …

Indonesia’s 2017 Local Elections is still very much infested with money politics violations. The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) finds 78 electoral violations where 36 percent of them are money politics-related. “Majority of penal violations in local elections are …

In this year’s Jakarta Local Election, many voters complaint that they cannot vote because they haven’t receive any information on what to do if they are not already registered in Voters’ List. Many voters who already got their electronic-Residents Identification …

The Chairperson of Healthy Soul Association (PJS), Yenny Rosa Damayanti, says there are 2.900 voters with mental disability at mental institution Panti Laras 1, Panti Laras 2, Panti Laras 3, and Panti Laras 4, who cannot vote in Jakarta’s local …