The decision by the General Elections Commission (KPU) not to redraw the electoral districts for the 2024 general elections other than in four new provinces in Papua despite mounting calls for a thorough overhaul has further raised questions over the commission’s independence.

The Constitutional Court in December last year ruled to give the KPU the sole authority to arrange electoral districts through KPU regulations (PKPUs) after a group of election activists filed a petition to challenge the General Elections Law, which said otherwise.

The process must uphold the proportionality principle, among others, between the allocation of seats and the populations in the provinces, the ruling stated.

Source:
courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Yerica Lai (The Jakarta Post)

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