Bawaslu\'s Decision to be Used in KPU Evaluation

The decision of the Bawaslu to annul several decisions of the KPU will be used in the commission’s internal evaluation, especially in evaluating the performance of its regional offices.

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Crescent Star Party (PBB) chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra (center) and the party’s legal team and other members celebrate after the Election Supervisory Committee issued a ruling on Sunday night (4/3), declaring the party eligible for participating in 2019 legislative and presidential elections.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The decision of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to annul several decisions of the General Election Commission (KPU) will be used in the commission’s internal evaluation, especially in evaluating the performance of its regional offices. In addition to strengthening the coordination between the central and regional KPUs, the evaluation of the political party registration process for the 2019 general election will be used as a basis for recruiting new regional members of the KPU.

Throughout the process of registering political parties contesting the 2019 general elections, including the verification stage, the Bawaslu ordered the KPU to correct its decision on three separate occasions: in registering nine political parties for the general election, in ruling the Working Party and the Garuda Party as eligible to contest, and in ruling the Crescent Star Party (PBB) ineligible for not fulfilling election requirements.