Ahead Of The Decision On The Election System, Need To Ask The Constitutional Court To Be Wise

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman. (Instagram MK)

JAKARTA - The Board of Trustees of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) Titi Anggraeni encouraged the Constitutional Court (MK) to be wise in determining the judicial review of the Election Law (UU) on an open proportional election system.

"The Constitutional Court wisely provides signs not only simultaneously but also provide flexibility," he said in a written statement, Friday, February 24, quoted by Antara.

Not much different from Titi, Professor of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Jimly Asshiddiqie, said the need to institutionalize the political system in Indonesia in order to avoid conflicts of interest.

"All officials are now playing social media and Twitter. The tweet is official or personal? Mixed," said Jimly.

According to him, modernization of civilization must separate private affairs and public affairs. If they cannot separate these two things, then there is the potential for corruption in the form of abuse of power.

"So because of this social media, general symptoms of political institutionalization are ongoing," said the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court.

Meanwhile, the National Legal Development Agency (BPHN) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) said exploration of the choice of the electoral system should not only be carried out on a practical-pregmatic perspective, but must be done in order to strengthen Pancasila democracy.

"Open proportional system and closed proportional system actually have their own strengths and weaknesses," said Head of the National Legal Analysis and Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Yunan Hilmy.