Constitutional law expert Bivitri Susanti assesses that the logic of Supreme Court (MA) Decision No. 23P/HUM/2024 is unreasonable. The judges should decide on this decision by examining Article 4 paragraph (1) letter d of General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) No. …
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Invalid Votes in the 2024 Presidential Election 2.49 Percent
Looking at the vote recapitulation data for the Presidential Election published by the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) via the infopemilu.kpu.go.id page, it was found that the level of invalid votes in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) was 2.49 percent …
Read More »Supreme Court Decision and Efforts to Tinker with the 2024 Regional Election Candidate Rules
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and the Indonesian Center for Law & Policy Studies (PSHK) assess that the Supreme Court’s (MA) decision regarding the age limit for regional head candidates calculated at the time of inauguration is problematic because tinkering with …
Read More »Perludem Values MA Failed to Interpret Age Requirements for Regional Head Candidates
The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) believes that the Supreme Court (MA) has failed to interpret the minimum age requirements for regional head candidacy. For this reason, Perludem encouraged the Judicial Commission to conduct an examination of the panel …
Read More »Supreme Court Decision: Age Limit for Regional Head Candidates Calculated at Inauguration
The Supreme Court (MA) granted the lawsuit of Garuda Party Chairman Ahmad Ridha Sabana regarding the minimum age limit for candidates for governor (Cagub) and deputy governor (Cawagub). Through Decision Number 23 P/HUM/2024, the Supreme Court changed the minimum initial …
Read More »KPU Will Use Sirekap in 2024 Regional Elections
The General Election Commission (KPU) will use the Recapitulation Information System (Sirekap) in the upcoming 2024 simultaneous regional elections. Even though there are problems with the 2024 presidential election, the KPU will ensure that Sirekap operates well in processing and …
Read More »Bawaslu Encourages Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Regions for the 2024 Regional Elections
Expert from the Indonesian General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Division of Prevention, Community Participation, and Public Relations, Ronald Monoach, encouraged Bawaslu in the regions to form multi-stakeholder collaborations with civil society organizations and digital platforms to prevent and deal with …
Read More »KPU Will Make Improvements to Pilkada 2024
As a form of transparency and openness of election results data in the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada), the General Election Commission (KPU) will continue to use the Vote Recapitulation Information System (Sirekap). A number of improvements will be made …
Read More »Check the Status of Voting Rights in the 2024 Pilkada via cekdptonline.kpu.go.id
Member of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU), Betty Epsilon Idroos, said that voters can check their registered status as voters in the 2024 Pilkada via the cekdptonline.kpu.go.id page. If the voter is not registered, they can report it via …
Read More »Incumbency of Elected DPR RI Members Continues to Increase Every Election
The number of elected incumbent members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) continues to increase with each election. In 2009, the incumbent’s electability rate was 25.2 percent. In 2014, the figure increased to 38.2 percent. Then it rose again …
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