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Politics 11 months ago
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Lawmakers hold secret, rushed deliberations of TNI bill
Lawmakers and the government are holding accelerated, closed-door talks on a planned revision to the Indonesian Military (TNI) Law, from which protesters were forcibly removed on Saturday, demonstrating the military’s growing influence in the country.
Politics 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Proposal to scrap single-day elections emerges
A proposal to tweak the current format of the simultaneous presidential and legislative elections has taken center stage in a series of meetings at the House of Representatives over the past two weeks, with elections and democracy experts advocating for separate elections.
Politics 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Alarm at House's 'legislative overreach'
President Prabowo Subianto’s backers in the House of Representatives face fresh allegations of legislative overreach for revising internal rules that bestow on them the authority to dismiss public officials as they see fit, blurring the lines between legislative and executive power.
Politics 1 year ago
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Government rushes legislation with majority House support
The Prabowo Subianto administration and the House of Representatives are rushing the deliberation of a bill that will define the authority of Danantara, the country’s first state-owned enterprise (SOE) superholding company and an investment management agency, akin to Singapore’s Temasek.
Politics 1 year ago
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House considers new omnibus law to revise election rules
The House of Representatives will decide whether to press ahead with a plan to overhaul the electoral system altogether using a sweeping omnibus legislative method later this month, following a court order to introduce a new way to regulate how political parties nominate presidential candidates.
Politics 1 year ago
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House, govt to begin drafting revision on presidential nomination rules
Policymakers plan to start drafting a General Elections Law revision to comply with last week's court order that scrapped the presidential threshold, though it remains unknown when this might happen and whether the revision would be part of a broader process of combining all prevailing legislation on elections into a sweeping omnibus law.
Politics 1 year ago
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Calls grow for House to fall in line with nixed nomination threshold
Pressure is mounting on the House of Representatives to fall in line with the recent surprise ruling by the Constitutional Court that removed the steep nomination threshold from future presidential elections.
