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The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has warned that the potential of vote buying could increase ahead of the upcoming revote ordered by the Constitutional Court for the regional head elections in dozens of regions.
The Constitutional Court-ordered revote for regional head elections in dozens of regions across the country is being hindered by a limited budget, with the General Elections Commission (KPU) scrambling to solve the financing issue amid scrutiny from lawmakers and the government’s sweeping austerity measures.
The Constitutional Court has granted some petitions filed by losing candidates challenging the results of the regional elections and ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold a revote and vote recounting in 25 regions nationwide, including for the Papua gubernatorial race.
The Constitutional Court has ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold reruns of the upcoming simultaneous regional elections within a year from the election day on Nov. 27 should a sole candidate fail to garner enough votes to win an uncontested election.
The rerun elections slated for 2025 will follow the same procedure as the November simultaneous regional elections, which started with candidate registration and followed by a campaign period for candidates.
The Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) over its petition requesting a revote for the Gorontalo Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) election in two regencies, because four big- and mid-sized parties failed to meet the minimum quota of 30 percent for female candidates in the February poll.
