Special Coverage

Article 341 paragraph (1) of the Elections Law renders a controversy after an article in Republika Daily Newspaper on July 28th titled “There Might be Articles in the Elections Law Specially Requested by Politicians”. Article 341 paragraph (1) states that …

The Association for Elections and Democracy argues that the newly finished Elections Law Bill gives no significant improvement. The regulations contained in the Bill, especially on the election system, are mostly included for short-term political reason by the government and …

After discussing it for nine months, members of the Parliament finally pass the new Elections Law Bill in the Final Discussion Meeting on July 20th 2017. The Chairman of the Parliament, Setya Novanto, announced that members of the Parliament agreed …

The newest draft of the Elections Law Bill issued on June 10th 2017 is loaded with criminal laws and regulations. There are 74 Articles that deals with criminal violations. There are even several new sanctions and penal regulations. Here are …

The government is planning to readjust the total number of election management bodies’ members. They claim it is for the success of the upcoming concurrent elections. The members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill and the …

Adding more seats to the parliament might not solve the problem of proportion. Adding more seats might instead end in budget wastage. Initially, the idea to add more seats to the parliament is proposed to solve the problem of disproportionate …

Members of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill invites activists from Diaspora Indonesia to discuss issues regarding the idea to delimit a special electoral area for Indonesian citizen living abroad. A member of Diaspora Indonesia, Mohammad Al …

The Chairman of the Election Commission (KPU), Arief Budiman, says that he and his team are striving to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the Indonesian public for professional and neutral local KPU members. In order to achieve that, Arief …

The verification requirements for political party that wants to participate in election is an important issue that needs more attention in the whole debacle of the making of the new Elections Law. Factual verification process will filter out parties that …

In the light of the recent discussion on the legal requirement for political party to be able to participate in election that will be contained in the new Elections Law Bill, we would like to provide a glimpse of comparison …