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Decline in Single-Candidates: The Need to Regulate Political Party Coalitions
As of the closing of the local head candidate registration period on 29 August 2024, a total of 43 out of 545 local electoral regions (7.89%) are set to run with single-candidate races. Of these, one is at the gubernatorial level (West Papua Province), with the rest spread across mayoral and regency-level elections. Comparatively, in the previous simultaneous local elections held between 2017 and 2020, covering...
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Constitutional Court Decision: Political Parties or Coalitions May Nominate Candidates Without Referring to Parliamentary Seats or Aggregate Vote Share
he Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, through Decision No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024, declared that Article 40(1) of Law No. 10/2016 on Local Elections is unconstitutional and no longer legally binding, insofar as it is not interpreted in the manner provided by the Court. This article had previously required political parties or coalitions to secure at least 20% of local legislative seats or 25% of the total valid votes...
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Fraudulent Use of Citizens’ Identity Documents: Bawaslu Must Respond Swiftly and Firmly
The recent reports of Jakarta residents whose ID data, specifically photocopies of their electronic ID cards (KTP-el), have been misused without consent to support independent candidates in the Jakarta local election, reflect an alarming violation that must not be tolerated. If proven, such misconduct calls into question the validity of support claimed by independent candidates and accepted by...
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Single-Candidate Elections Are Silencing Democracy
The prevalence of single-candidate contests in the 2024 local elections appears to be the preferred political strategy of many political parties, particularly in several major provinces. This trend has become increasingly evident through the political alignment among parties affiliated with the Koalisi Indonesia Maju (KIM), the coalition that supported the Prabowo–Gibran ticket in the recent presidential election...
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KPU’s Removal of Disqualification Sanction for Failing to Submit Campaign Finance Reports: A Step Backward for Anti-Corruption Elections
The draft regulation on campaign finance (PKPU) for the 2024 local elections removes the disqualification sanction for candidate pairs (paslon) who fail to submit their Final Report on Campaign Contributions and Expenditures (LPPDK). This move represents a serious regression in the effort to uphold clean, corruption-free elections. The General Elections Commission (KPU) justifies this removal by claiming that Law No. 10/2016 on the...
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Local Parties Must Not Fail Again
Mashudi SR Senior Researcher, CONSID "If no serious action is taken, local parties in Aceh might disappear in the storm of politics." After the 1955 general election, there were no more...
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Critical Awareness of Young Voters
Mashudi SR Senior Researcher, CONSID "It would be a great loss if young people's political choices are dictated by candidates through sweet talk and political gimmicks." It cannot be...
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Young Politicians on the Local Election Stage
Mashudi SR Senior Researcher, CONSID "A true leader is born from hard work, in an elegant and moral way. Not created, or asking to be created, through unethical means...