Elections In Indonesia Are The Most Complex And Complicated In The World, This Is Said By Needdem

Titi Anggraini, a member of the Advisory Council of Needdem. (photo: doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA – Characteristics of general elections in the country, referred to as the most complex and complicated elections in the world. Moreover, the general election and regional head elections (pilkada) are held simultaneously in the same year. This was stated by a member of the Advisory Council of Needdem (Association for Elections and Democracy) Titi Anggraini.

"In fact, the biggest one-day election in the world," said Titi Anggraini, who was once elected as the Democracy Ambassador representing Indonesia at the International Institute for Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) when answering Antara's question in Semarang, Saturday, December 1st.

Titi stated that this was related to the plan for holding the Presidential/Vice-Presidential Election of the Republic of Indonesia, the election of members of the DPR RI, the election of members of the DPD RI, and the election of members of the Provincial/Regency/City DPRD as well as the election of regional heads in 34 provinces and in 514 regencies/cities in 2024. .

Another characteristic, according to Titi, is that Indonesia holds elections with the longest vote recapitulation in the world. Likewise in terms of databases, the country has the largest centralized voter data in the world.

Elections in the country, according to him, keep a copy of the vote count results from polling stations (TPS) in a centralized database which is also the largest in the world.

Touching on the matter of determining money in elections, Titi said that the limit for campaign donations in Indonesia is also among the highest in the world. It is even considered that it tends not to limit, namely Rp. 2.5 billion per individual and Rp. 25 billion per private legal entity.

This alumnus of the University of Indonesia's Faculty of Law considers the campaign finance report to be mere pleasantries because of high-cost, unaccountable politics.

"They complained that the contest was expensive but it was not reflected in the campaign finance report," said Titi, who was once the Executive Director of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem).