The Election Perppu Claim Is Already On Jokowi's Desk, What Is The Fate Of The Number Of Political Parties?

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JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI Ahmad Doli Kurnia said his party was waiting for the government to send a Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) 7/2017 concerning Elections to the DPR. According to the information he obtained, the Perppu already has President Joko Widodo's desk to sign. "We are just waiting. I got informal information, the Perppu is already at the President's desk, and I heard yesterday that he was brought to Solo for signature. Maybe I don't know, today it has entered the DPR. That's what I monitored and got the information yesterday," said Doli to reporters in Jakarta, Monday, December 12. The deputy governor of the Golkar Party revealed that the government has confirmed that the Perppu is ready to be sent to the DPR if it has been signed by the president after the wedding ceremony for his youngest son. "Last night I went to Solo, met the Minister of State Secretary and the Minister of Home Affairs, they said they had arrived at the President, and maybe today it has signed and sent to the DPR, maybe yes," said Doli. Doli explained that the last discussion of Commission II of the DPR with the government and election organizers discussed the fate of the political party number. Whether to be re-shuffled or the same as the serial number in the 2019 election. "Well, yesterday in the discussion we actually took that momentum, adding two substance to the discussion. The first was a matter of the serial number of political parties. At that time there was an agreement between the factions to provide opportunities. So two options were made, for example, if there is a political party that now passes in parliament, wanting to use the same number from 2019, it is allowed in the law, but also allowed, if you want to make a new number he can be drawn. That's one," explained Doli. "The second substance that we discussed, apart from the issue of increasing the number of seats in the DPR and others, as I said earlier, was regarding the end of the term of office of election organizers, the KPU," he added. Because, according to Doli, so far the schedule has been too messy. In fact, he said, there is a KPU term that ends only before or after the election. "Our consideration at that time, don't let too much energy be spent to prepare for this election will also be drained again for the matter of changing the organizers," said Doli.