Constitutional Court Judge Saldi Isra: Our Elections Are Complicated And Complicated Because Many Parties Are Involved

ILLUSTRATIONS / DOK MK

JAKARTA - Member of the panel of judges of the Constitutional Court (MK), Saldi Isra, said general elections in Indonesia are complicated because they involve too many parties in the process.

"Our election is complicated and complicated. There are too many parties involved in it. Some have completed the administrative, ethical, and disputed stages", said Saldi Isra in the Court of Case Number 32/PUU-XIX/2021 quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 5.

The statement was in response to the statement of the President's attorney, Wahyu Chandra Purwo Negoro, who explained the institutional design of the election organizers involving the General Election Commission (KPU), Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), and Election Organizing Honorary Council (DKPP)

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has the role of implementing and controlling the implementation of elections. This institution will be supervised by the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) in implementing and controlling the implementation of elections.

Meanwhile, the Election Organizers Honorary Council (DKPP) will oversee the attitudes and behavior of the General Election Commission (KPU) and Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) members in organizing elections.

In its implementation, DKPP formed the DKPP Honorary Council to oversee the implementation of the internal code of ethics of DKPP members to ensure the integrity and independence of each DKPP institution.

"KPU, Bawaslu, and DKPP are born from the meaning or interpretation of the constitution contained in Article 22E (paragraph 5 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, ed.). Whether or not there has been an in-depth discussion within the government about how to design our electoral system. and the design of this organization going forward?", said Saldi.

The existence of these institutions, according to Saldi, is the result of Article 22E paragraph (5) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which states that general elections are held by an election commission that is national, permanent, and independent.

The absence of capital letters in the phrase election commission makes it interpreted by regulators as a function, not an institution. The result of the interpretation of the article then resulted in the presence of election institutions.

"The government must discuss this. Regarding the election and election organizers, the level of urgency cannot be avoided. There should have been discussions like this at the Ministry of Home Affairs", said Saldi.