Minister Of Home Affairs Announces 11 Names Of Selection Team For Candidates For KPU And Bawaslu Members Of Jokowi's Choice

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian/ANTARA HO Ministry of Home Affairs

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian announced the list of 11 members of the Selection Team for Candidates for Members of the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for the term of 2022-2027.

These names were announced by Tito after President Joko Widodo issued Presidential Decree (Keppres) No. 120/P of 2021 regarding the selection team which was signed on October 8, 2021.

"This Presidential Decree is issued because there is a legal basis, the legal basis is that the terms of office for the 2017-2022 KPU Members and the 2017-2022 Bawaslu Members will end on April 11, 2022," said Tito at the Ministry of Home Affairs Office, Central Jakarta, Monday, October 11.

Tito said, in determining the members of the next election organizers, the government formed a selection team. The selection team for KPU-Bawaslu members is regulated in Article 22 and Article 118 of the Election Law.

In accordance with the provisions, the formation of a selection team for candidates for KPU members and candidates for Bawaslu Members is carried out no later than 6 months before the end of the term of office of the two institutions.

"His term of office is April 11, 2022, so that no later than October 11, there must be a decision to determine the selection team in this Presidential Decree. In this Presidential Decree a selection team has been formed," said Tito.

The following are the names of the 11 members of the KPU-Bawaslu selection team:

Chairman concurrently member: Juri ArdiantoroVice chairman concurrently member: Chandra M HamzahSecretary concurrently member: BahtiarMembers:- Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej - Airlangga Pribadi Usman- Hamdi Muluk- Endang Sulastri- I Dewa Gede Palguna- Abdul Ghaffar Rozin - Betti Ali Sjahbana- Poengky Indarty