KPU Will Open Sipol Access To The Prima Party To Verify Improvement Administration

Member of the Indonesian KPU August Mellaz (left), Idham Holik (center), Mochammad Afifuddin (right) in a press conference at the Indonesian KPU Media Center, Jakarta, Friday (24/3/2023). BETWEEN

The General Election Commission (KPU) held a technical meeting with the Prima Party at the KPU RI Jakarta Office today to discuss the follow-up to the Bawaslu decision regarding administrative verification of improvements to the party. "After we hold this press conference, we will hold a technical meeting with the Prima Party," said member of the Indonesian KPU Idham Holik at a press conference at the Indonesian KPU Media Center, Jakarta, Antara, Friday, March 24. During the meeting, Idham said that his party plans to reopen access to the Political Party Information System (Sipol) which was closed because the verification stage of political parties for candidates participating in the 2024 General Election has been completed so that the Prima Party can undergo the administrative verification stage of improvement. In addition, he added, the KPU will explain to the Prima Party regarding the technical submission of the registration requirements for political parties for improvement as contained in Bawaslu Decision Number 001/LP/ADM.PL/BWS/00.00/III/2023 which was read out in Jakarta, Monday (20/3). In that decision, Bawaslu ordered a number of things to the Indonesian KPU after being deemed legally and convincingly proven to have violated the election administration reported by the Prima Party. Among them, the KPU was ordered to verify the administration of improvements to the Prima Party as a political party for the 2024 election participant candidate. One of Bawaslu's considerations in concluding that the KPU violates election administration is their act of issuing Letter Number: Decision Number: 001/LP/ADM.PL/BWSL/00.00/III/2023 page 46 of 49 1063/PL.01.1-SD/05/2022 as well as other actions that accompany it have limited the Prima Party to correct or replace the required documents, based on the minutes regarding the recapitulation of administrative verification results before improvement. "God willing, we will receive (the revised registration requirements) within a maximum period of 10x24 hours. Later, we will ask their ability for about how many days because indeed talking about the documents that must be submitted by the Prima Party is a continuation of what the party has been conveying to us so far," explained Idham. The Prima Party, he continued, only needed to repair documents that were declared ineligible (TMS) or did not meet the requirements (BMS). Idham conveyed this in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 173 paragraph (2) of Law Number 7 of 2017 in conjunction with Article 8 of KPU Regulation Number 4 of 2022 concerning Registration, Verification, and Determination of Political Parties Participants in the General Election of Members of the House of Representatives and the Regional House of Representatives. "We will later explain to the Prima Party if there are administrative requirements that are lacking or the administrative improvement requirements are fully met. We will carry out stages of administrative verification and factual verification as stated in PKPU 4/2022," added Idham.