The Honorary Council for Election Organizers (DKPP) again examined the Chairman and Members of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) regarding alleged violations of the Election Organizer Code of Ethics (KEPP) and Re-Voting (PSU) of the Gorontalo Province DPRD in electoral district (Dapil) 6. The trial was held in the Jakarta DKPP Courtroom on Wednesday (23/10).
The Complainant’s Attorney, Mikewati Vera Tangka, explained that this trial was a continuation of the examination of the Chairman and Members of the KPU because they did not follow up on the RI Bawaslu’s decision regarding improvements to election procedures, procedures and mechanisms, especially regarding the fulfillment of the 30% quota for women’s representation in the nomination of Members of the DPR, Provincial DPRD. , and Regency/City DPRD.
“The KPU’s failure to implement the Bawaslu decision has resulted in the loss of women’s rights to participate in elections. “This started from the PSU in Gorontalo, where it was clear that the Constitutional Court also asked or instructed the KPU to repair the DCT,” he said to Media Indonesia after the hearing at the DKPP on Wednesday (23/10).
Mike considers that the KPU’s action of urging election participants to simply send letters to political parties and hold hearings with DPR Commission II, is not sufficient basis for carrying out follow-up actions to improve election governance according to the Bawaslu delegation.
“If we just write a letter without giving sanctions, we find that there are patterns that are not strong enough to change the perspective of political parties so that they can meet the 30% quota for women’s representation. “So this is not only an administrative violation, because if it is not implemented it will also be a violation of the code of ethics,” he explained.
Mike said that the Indonesian KPU as the election organizing institution must follow up on the mandate of the Bawaslu decision which relies on the decision of the Supreme Court (MA). He continued, this is part of upholding women’s rights as citizens to participate in the election process.
“The KPU said that this trial was like a repetition of the case, actually no, this is not a repetition. “In fact, it is the KPU itself that is repeating the violations, because it did not immediately carry out administrative improvements and policy changes that would ensure or guarantee that the 30% women’s representation quota could be fulfilled by each electoral district and political party,” he stressed.
On the same occasion, the Complainant’s Attorney, Ibnu Syamsu Hidayat, said that the actions of sending letters to political parties and meeting with the DPR were not included in the form of follow-up to administrative improvements in accordance with Bawaslu’s decision. According to him, the follow-up to administrative improvements that must be carried out by the KPU is to improve the Permanent Candidate List (DCT).
“That is not enough because the political party’s decision cannot be the basis for achieving a 30% affirmation. It is somewhat of an irony that there is no acceleration of DCT changes and strengthening administrative improvement efforts. “The KPU must make improvements to the DCT. If it does not meet the 30% women’s DCT quota, the KPU has an obligation to be firm in not passing or eliminating political parties as election participants,” he said.
Previously, the Civil Society Coalition to Guard Women’s Representation asked the KPU to change the rounding down provisions in the technical rules for implementing the 30% quota for female legislative candidates. The KPU is urged to return it to the rounding up provisions in accordance with the previous provisions.
Meanwhile, the KPU stated that the issuance of this provision was based on a number of processes. Starting from consultation meetings at the DPR and public trials when KPU Regulation Number 10 of 2023 concerning Nomination of Members of the People’s Representative Council (DPR), Provincial Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD), and Regency/City DPRD still has draft status.
Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Mochammad Afifudin explained that due to the limited time for the election process and the political dynamics occurring in the DPR, the proposed changes to the PKPU could not yet be followed up. So Afif continued, his party considered that the most likely follow-up action was sending letters to political parties.
“The quickest follow-up action that can be taken is to write to the parties (political parties) so that they can guide the principle of a 30% quota. At that time the DCT already existed, the ballot papers had been printed, this was an explicit consideration that had to be conveyed to the political parties. “We were in a situation that was not easy and had a tight time to make a policy, so after the Bawaslu decision, we finally went to the political parties,” he explained. (Dev/I-2)
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