Commission II Of The House Of Representatives Calls Revision Of Election Laws Starting To Be Discussed In Early 2026

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the DPR RI Muhammad Khozin conveyed that the discussion on the revision of the Election Law, including the option of separating national and regional elections as well as the proposed regional head elections elected by the DPRD began in early 2026.

"Regarding the discussion on the revision of the political package related to the Election Law, God willing, it will only start in early 2026," said Khozin in Malang City, East Java, Friday, which was confiscated by Antara.

Khozin explained that the discussion period for the revision of the law will be opened next year because currently his party is still discussing several other laws.

"Some of them are the ASN Law and the ongoing BUMD Law," he said.

However, Khozin stated that until now Commission II of the DPR RI has started to carry out several stages to prepare for the discussion of changes to the Election Law.

"What is certain is that 2026 should have started running, at this time it has actually started stages, such as hearings and group discussions forums related to electoralism," he said.

He also conveyed that he had strengthened institutions in the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu).

"Even yesterday we also strengthened Bawaslu institutions in Madura. This means that the process is already underway, but the officials are God willing, 2026," he said.

In addition, Khozin said that the proposed regional heads, namely regents, mayors, and governors elected by the DPRD, remained in accordance with democracy.

"We know the term democracy can be direct and direct, both of them are democratic. Same as we have representatives in the DPRD, don't be mistaken for them to be elected by the community, meaning that in their position there is a public vote," he said.

He ensured that later the discussion on the revision of the Election Law would run fairly, namely seeing the benefits and benefits or pluses minus of implementing regulations on electoral matters.

"The government is obliged to seek the smallest impact to seek the greatest benefit," he said.