resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo installed Hasyim Asy'ari as a General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner on Monday, replacing Husni Kamil Malik who passed away last month.
Hasyim, a 43-year-old professor with the School of Law at Diponegoro University in Semarang, was sworn in as a KPU member based on Presidential Decree No. 87/2016. He will serve until 2017.
Since the passing of Husni, the commission has had only six commissioners to handle huge tasks, including overseeing regional elections (Pilkada) in 2017.
Law No. 15/2011 on general elections stipulates that the KPU should maintain its number of seven commissioners. If one commissioner is unable to finish his or her term, the commission should replace that person with the next candidate on the list. Hasyim ranked eighth in the House of Representatives’ screening of potential KPU commissioners in 2012.
Also present at the inauguration were Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, State Secretary Pratikno, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. (dmr)
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