DKPP Says DPR Has The Right To Evaluate DKPP Leadership 2022-2027

Illustration of the logo of the Honorary Council of Election Organizers (DKPP). (Between)

Chairman of the Honorary Council of Election Organizers (DKPP) RI Heddy Lugito said the DPR RI has the right to evaluate the leadership of the DKPP RI for the period 2022-2027.

"That is the right of the DPR to evaluate, according to the rules and regulations. Whatever the decision, we respect it," Heddy said when confirmed, Friday, February 7, was confiscated by Antara.

The 14th DPR RI Plenary Meeting for Trial Period II for Session Year 2024-2025 approved a report from Commission II of the DPR RI regarding the evaluation of the DKPP Leadership for the period 2022-2027.

"We ask for the approval of the factions of the Commission 2 DPR RI report regarding the evaluation of the DKPP leadership for the 2022-2027 period, can it be approved? Thank you," said Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Adies Kadir at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, March 6.

He also requested that the report on the evaluation of the DKPP leadership for the 2022-2027 period be followed up in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and mechanisms.

Prior to this approval, Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR, Zulfikar Arse Sadikin, submitted his report regarding the evaluation of the DKPP leadership in front of all participants of the plenary meeting.

He explained that the evaluation of the DKPP leadership was in accordance with DPR RI Regulation Number 1 of 2025 concerning Amendments to DPR RI Regulation Number 1 of 2020 concerning Order. With this regulation, according to him, the DPR has the right to periodically evaluate candidates or heads of institutions set by the DPR Plenary Meeting.

According to him, Commission II of the DPR RI has held a hearing with the DKPP leadership regarding the performance evaluation of the DKPP leadership for the 2022-2027 period behind closed doors on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

He also conveyed that there were 10 evaluation points recorded by Commission II of the DPR RI against the DKPP leadership. The following are the evaluation points submitted:

1. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to improve and improve human resources (HR) and improve the internal conditions of DKPP in terms of competence, integrity, and capacity by conducting periodic training, certification, and recruitment of members based on stricter qualifications.

2. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to improve performance, especially in terms of accelerating case settlement, complaints, reporting related to the ethics of election organizers that have accumulated in DKPP in 2024 and 2025. Based on DKPP data, it shows that the number of complaints from 2024 to 31 January 2025 is 881 complaints with details of 790 complaints in 2024 and 91 complaints as of 31 January 2025. Of these data, only 217 complaints have been decided in 2024, so there are still many complaints that have not been resolved in 2024 and 2025.

3. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to continue to uphold independence and neutrality in carrying out its duties and functions as guardians of the ethics of election organizers. DKPP must truly be independent of political influence, group interests, or external parties. DKPP must create a more stringent mechanism to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure the neutrality of members.

4. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP so that the DKPP decision-making process is open and accessible to the public. DKPP needs to increase the publication of the verdict on performance reports and trial processes openly, including through digital platforms.

5. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages the effectiveness of enforcing the code of ethics, in this case encouraging DKPP to ensure that the sanctions given are effective in creating a deterrent effect, ensuring consistency in its application, and preventing similar violations in the future.

6. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages every DKPP decision in dealing with ethical issues, election organizers really have a real impact and results for strengthening the integrity of election administration. DKPP must have clear and measurable performance indicators to assess performance success.

7. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to involve institutions and institutional participation in the process of supervising and evaluating the performance of the DKPP in the future, by making more inclusive mechanisms for institutional participation such as consultation forums or online complaint forms.

8. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to strengthen synergies with related institutions such as KPU, Bawaslu, and law enforcement to ensure more effective ethical enforcement.

9. Commission II of the DPR RI encourages DKPP to be proactive in preventing ethical violations before they occur by educating election organizers about the code of ethics, and increasing preventive supervision.

10. Encourage DKPP RI to maximize the system for receiving complaints via electronics, call centers and emails, rather than coming directly to the DKPP RI office