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View all search resultsThe Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a petition by university students, which pointed to a lack of sanctions in the General Elections Law for political parties that violated the minimum 30 percent requirement for female candidates.
In a small win for democracy amid the ongoing furor over the newly passed TNI Law revision, justices at the top court have ruled "to uphold [...] the people's sovereignty" by barring legislators-elect from abandoning their constituency expressly to make a bid for a regional leadership post.
Petitioners that challenged the 2016 Regional Elections Law have criticized the KPU's decision, saying it violated a requirement from the Constitutional Court for legislators-elect to submit a statement that they would relinquish their new posts if they won in the regional head elections on Nov. 27.
Dynastic politics and incumbents are blamed as two key reasons young politicians have struggled to gain seats in the House of Representatives, according to a recent study by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Local administrations and health centers have been working to prepare special facilities for legislative candidates who are likely to suffer from stress and mental breakdowns after defeat in the Feb. 14 election.
Alicia, a 30-year-old designer who has spent half her life in Malaysia, has her weekend plans set. On Saturday, she will drive to the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, where she will be given two ballot papers. One for picking her presidential pick, and the other to choose her legislative representative.
Parlagutan Harahap is at least the second official of a North Sumatra election body to be named as a suspect of extortion, following the arrest in November of Azlansyah Hasibuan, who was then a member of the Medan Bawaslu.
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