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House tells govt to send proposed elections law amendment soon
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Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo (left) speaks with Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly (right) during the plenary meeting passing the Regional Elections Law at the House of Representatives on June 2. Tjahjo said on Thursday that the ministry would hand the proposed amendment to law to the House in September. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
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ouse of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon has called on the government to complete the latter’s amendment of the General Elections Law as soon as possible to give more time for the House to deliberate the content.
“Hopefully, longer deliberation time for the elections law amendments will mean a better quality law,” Fadli said in a written statement on Friday.
Khairunnisa Nur Agustiyati of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) said earlier that the bill should be ratified at least 30 months before the elections to give preparation time for the General Elections Commission (KPU) and for preparatory work for candidates.
Khairunnisa added that there would be many agenda items and programs, linked to the elections bill, such as regional elections in 2017 and 2018, recruitment of KPU and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) members this year.
Indonesia will hold simultaneous general elections in 2019 to elect a president and vice president as well as legislators and local councilors.
Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Thursday that the ministry would hand the proposed amendments to the bill to the House in September.
“I hope the House will receive the proposed amendments by mid-September. The bill should be ratified in March 2017 at the latest. That’s because the election stages should begin in July 2017,” Tjahjo said. (wnd/dmr)
