Special Coverage

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) receives Silver Award (second place) in The Open Government Awards held in Paris, France (12/07). Perludem receives this award because of its API Pemilu initiative which deemed successful in encouraging Indonesian Election Commission …

Different result between popular vote and electoral vote in the United States Presidential Election has just happened once again. Hillary Clinton gained more popular votes than Donald Trump, the elected president based on the most electoral votes gained in more …

Term of “indigenous Papuans” prompts to not only apply to candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor of Papua. Candidates of regent and deputy regent as well as mayor and deputy mayor should apply the same principle. Provision of “indigenous Papuans” …

The Philippines” 2006 election is the first time for Philippines to merge presidential election and parliamentary election. It is an important lesson for Indonesia which will hold the first presidential election and parliamentary election simultaneously in 2019. If mistaken, the …

Revised Law on regional elections tends to be a disconnected flow of formulating 2019 election. Simultaneous election design of national and regional should have been counted in gradually in the legislation and the organization of elections in 2017 and 2018. …

Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) held a working meeting with the government to make decisions about the level I of the first revision of election laws. In this meeting, the Working Unit (Panja) delivered 13 points of …

The obligation of consultation that is binding in the creation of law attracts the Electoral Committee (KPU) to the political interest of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government. KPU is ready to propose judicial review to the Constitutional …

The passing of chairman of the General Election Commission, Husni Kamil Manik means a vacant leadership institutionally and structurally. This absence also means emptiness of KPU commissioner. In Law Number 15 Year 2011 concerning General Election Organizer lists an explanation …

The passing of KPU commissioner is a requirement of interim replacement. Law No. 15 of 2011 on General Election Organizer reads requirements of interim replacement of KPU commissioners.  The Law also caters ordinances of replacement. “Under the law, Hasyim Asyari …

Electoral Committee (KPU) has already recruited a substitute for the deceased Husni Kamil Malik. Juri Ardiantoro was chosen through discussion and voting. Some people assessed that this quick act is due to the starting of 2017 Local Elections in August. …