President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has submitted the list of 14 General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner candidate for the 2017-2022 term and the list of 10 Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) commissioner candidates for the 2017-2022 term to the House of Representatives (DPR) since Feb. 1. Now that almost two months have passed, the DPR has not yet elected the new KPU and Bawaslu commissioners because they’re still discussing the revision of the election organization law. To make things worse, political parties in the DPR announced the controversial plan of awarding KPU and Bawaslu commissioner positions to political parties.To subscribe please click here
