Women Members In Central KI Add One, MPI Deputy Coordinator Hopes To Be Legalized Soon

Deputy Coordinator for the Advancement of Indonesian Women who is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) Titi Anggraini. (AMONG)

JAKARTA - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) Titi Anggraini gave her appreciation to Commission I of the DPR for increasing the number of women's representation in candidates for the Central Information Commission (KI).

"The representation of women in the Central Information Commission this time is better in terms of numbers compared to the previous period," said Titi in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 30.

At least, he said, there were additional female members of the Central KI from the initial number of only one person, now to two women.

Although this figure still does not meet the expectation of at least 30 percent of women's representation from the composition of the existing 7 members, the improvements that have been made by Commission I of the DPR still need to be appreciated.

"Especially considering that in the recent selection of other institutions, such as the KPU (General Election Commission, ed.) and Bawaslu (General Election Supervisory Body, ed.), only one female candidate was elected," said Titi who also Deputy Coordinator for the Advancement of Indonesian Women (MPI).

In this case, MPI hopes that the elected Central KI members can continue to improve the quality of the public information disclosure ecosystem in Indonesia, especially ahead of the 2024 simultaneous elections and regional head elections (Pilkada).

"It is hoped that KIP can support more optimal public access to election data openness so that it can strengthen voter literacy in making the best decisions on polling day," said this member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem).

Furthermore, he hopes that the new membership of KI Center will be able to build better and easier access and disclosure of information, especially for vulnerable groups including women.

"It must be admitted, so far women still face many obstacles related to access to public information," continued Titi.

"Hopefully the selected names can be ratified soon and start their duties as members of the Central KI for the 2021-2025 period. Moreover, considering that the selection process is running quite late, there is a delay in filling out the membership from the proper schedule," he said.