Election Activists Ask For Gender Fair Election Of KPU-Bawaslu Members

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Women's Advanced Election (MPI) activist Wahidah Suaib stated that her party hopes that the material for the fit and proper test for KPU and Bawaslu candidates prepared by the DPR and Commission II of the DPR RI has a gender perspective. KPU and Bawaslu members, which is to include a gender perspective and the spirit of inclusive elections in the material for the fit and proper test of candidates for KPU and Bawaslu members," said Wahidah Suaib when she was a resource person in a virtual discussion of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) entitled Ensuring a Minimum of 30% Women's Representation In this way, he continued, the elected members of the KPU and Bawaslu for the 2022-2027 period will have a gender perspective so that every policy they implement related to the implementation of elections also contains the values of equality and justice. gender. In addition, Wahidah Suaib also conveyed several Another recommendation from MPI relates to the selection of KPU and Bawaslu members by the DPR for the Indonesian Political Women's Caucus (KPPI), the Indonesian Parliamentary Women's Caucus (KPPRI), and the government.

She said that the MPI recommended KPPI and KPPRI to issue an official stance on their institutions to encourage the DPR to commit to meeting a minimum representation of 30 percent of women in the KPU and Bawaslu. at the KPU and Bawaslu. To the Government, especially President Joko Widodo, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, as well as the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Wahidah said that MPI recommended these parties to monitor the selection of KPU and Bawaslu members. Even though the government has submitted the names of candidate members, it is still important to oversee and monitor the process in the DPR and encourage the fulfillment of women's representation of at least 30 percent in the results of the fit and proper test for candidates for KPU and Bawaslu members," he explained. that Commission II of the DPR RI has scheduled the activity to be held in the second week of February 2022.