Four Women Candidates For Indonesian KPU Members Are Assessed To Have Qualified Quality

Titi Anggraini/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - A member of the Advisory Council of Needdem Titi Anggraini assesses that the four women candidates for the Indonesian KPU for the period 2022-2027 are capable, tough, innovative, dedicated, and inclusive so that the DPR does not need to hesitate to fulfill a minimum of 30 percent female representation. member of the General Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) RI for the next 5 years, Titi Anggraini also believes that they have adequate capacity and track record to be election organizers. Three of the seven and two of the five members of the KPU and Bawaslu are at least women," Titi said as quoted by Antara, Saturday, January 29. Adequate representation of women in KPU/Bawaslu, she continued, contained a strong moral and political message that women are capable of being involved. and elections have provided a fair and gender-friendly ecosystem. This, according to Titi, can have a positive effect The strength is in the form of greater public trust, especially female voters, to be more open and accepting of the presence of political women in the practice of Indonesian democracy.

Previously, on January 6, 2022, the Selection Team for KPU Members and Bawaslu Member Candidates for the 2022-2027 (East Timor) term of office submitted 14 names of KPU candidates and 10 names of Bawaslu member candidates for the 2022-2027 term of office. Based on Timsel's decision Number: 358/TIMSEL/I/2022, 14 KPU commissioners and 10 Bawaslu members were determined. Idroos, Dahliah, Hasyim Asy'ari, I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, Idham Holik, Iffa Rosita, Iwan Rompo Banne, Mochammad Afifuddin, Muchamad Ali Safa'at, Parsadaan Harahap, Viryan, Yessy Yatty Momongan, and Yulianto Sudrajat. The ten candidates for Bawaslu members consist of seven men and three women, namely Aditya Perdana, Andi Tenri Sompa, Fritz Edward Siregar, Herwyn Jefler Hielsa Malonda, Lolly Suhenty, Mardiana Rusli, Puadi, Rahmat Bagja, Subair, and Totok Hariyono. Titi hopes that Commission II of the DPR RI which conducts a fit and proper test of candidates for KPU members and candidates for Bawaslu members comply with Article 10 paragraph (7) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pe milu). In Article 10 paragraph (7) of the Election Law it is stated that the composition of KPU membership, provincial KPU membership, and Regency/Municipal KPU membership takes into account the representation of women at least 30 percent.