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Indonesia to share experience on transparent, quality elections
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General Elections Commission chairman Juri Ardiantoro opens the Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum III "Transparency and Integrity for Quality Elections", at Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali, on Monday. Representatives from 36 countries attended the three-day conference. (JP/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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s Indonesia hosts the Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum III in Bali from Aug. 22 to 24, it hopes to share its experience to participating Asian countries on how to organize transparent and quality elections.
“Indonesia wants to share best practices [for holding elections] that could be imitated by other countries. We want to share to the forum members about how we conduct the elections and uphold transparency during elections,” General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Juri Ardiantoro told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Juri hopes that Indonesia could share more about the synergy between the KPU and non-governmental organizations in organizing quality elections. Such experience may be of help for other Asian countries to face electoral challenges, such as the lack of public participation in their respective elections.
Meanwhile, the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) executive director, Ichal Supriadi, said Indonesia had become one role model in implementing a transparent electoral system thanks to its voters data system (Sidalih) and calculation system (Situng).
Ichal hopes that the event, which is joined by the representatives from 36 Asian countries, could agree on the "Bali Commitment" to follow up on the previous progress made by the forum, such as Bangkok Declaration on Free and Fair Elections in 2012 and Indicators of Democratic Elections in 2015.
Besides representatives from Asian countries, the forum is being also attended by the representatives from Guatemala, Columbia, Kenya, Togo, South Sudan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, and Zimbabwe. (dmr)
