Crushing of Ban on Former Corruption Convicts
The General Elections Commission\'s (KPU) attempt to prevent former corruption convicts from becoming legislative candidates has been shot down. The Supreme Court has overturned the KPU regulation.
NETGRIT senior researcher Hadar Nafis Gumay shows the spreading of former graft convicts in political parties who have been approved by the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to contest elections during a discussion at the Indonesia Corruption Watch office in Jakarta on Sunday (9/9/2018). The discussion was themed "Polemic of the Former Corruption Convicts: Between Parties\' Commitment and Rulings of the Supreme Court.
The General Elections Commission\'s (KPU) attempt to prevent former corruption convicts from becoming legislative candidates has been shot down. The Supreme Court has overturned the KPU regulation.
The KPU banned former graft convicts from becoming legislative candidates through KPU regulations No. 20/2018 and No. 26/2018. The ban was expected to be effective in producing representatives with integrity. The KPU\'s move was supported by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and anticorruption activists.