During an interview session in the selection process for new members of the Election Commission (KPU) in Jakarta (01/23), the current Chairperson of KPU of West Kalimantan, Umi Rifdiyawati, expresses her disagreement with the regulation which mandates KPU to conduct …
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Presidential Threshold Is An Anomaly for Presidential System
Senior researcher from the Indonesia Science Institute (LIPI), Syamsudin Haris, says, the presidential threshold as implemented in Indonesia today is an anomaly for presidential government system. Syamsudin explains, the presidential threshold is implemented due to scheduling error between presidential election …
Read More »The Chairperson of the Special Team for the New Elections Bill: Legal Punishment Needs to Be Increased
The Chairperson of the Special Team for the new Elections Bill, Muhammad Lukman Edy, says that all political parties in the Parliament agree that legal punishment for violator of electoral regulation needs to be increased. Most politicians think the current …
Read More »The Special Team for the New Elections Bill Has Submitted List of Problems to Government
The Special Team for the new Elections Bill has submitted List of Problems regarding the content of the Bill to the Government. The List contains 2.855 numbers on which articles are approved and which are rejected, along with the rationale …
Read More »Eight Candidates for Bawaslu Members Undergo First-Day Interview
Eight candidates for the selection of the new members of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) undergo the first-day interview with the Special Team for the Selection of the New Members of Bawaslu today. Those eight candidates are: Sapto Supono, Saiful, …
Read More »Integrity, Independence, and Election Technology Are Under Scrutiny
Integrity, independence, and election technology become three main focus during the interview process of the selection for the new Election Monitoring Body members. Members of the Special Team for the Selection relentlessly grill all the candidates with questions regarding their …
Read More »Candidates for Bawaslu Member Sign A Pact Not to Gather Political Support
Candidates for selection of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) members are provided with a pact by the Special Team for the Selection. The pact contains an agreement that should be signed by the candidates that they will not gather political …
Read More »Districting Needs to Consider the Size of Region
The delimitation process of an electoral area (or districting) needs to consider the size of the region, besides total of population. This is because, in Indonesia, there are many vast regions with only small number of population, while the size …
Read More »Small District Magnitude Will Clarify the Responsibility of Legislators
Many experts deem small district magnitude will make it easier for legislators to credit claiming. The less legislator in an area, the clearer it would be the responsibility of each legislator, because there will be not much legislators involved in …
Read More »The Requirement for Political Party Participation in Election Is Too Expensive and Difficult
The Joint Secretariat for the Elections Law Codification Initiative (Sekber Kodifikasi) criticizes the requirement for political party to be able to participate in elections as contained in the Law No.8/2012. The requirement is deemed too expensive and difficult. Sekber Kodifikasi …
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