Effective Democracy Must be Maintained
The state must allocate a budget of a minimum Rp 38.2 trillion for the General Elections Commission (KPU), Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the National Police in managing the 2019 general election.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The state must allocate a budget of a minimum Rp 38.2 trillion for the General Elections Commission (KPU), Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the National Police in managing the 2019 general election. The budget does not cover the electoral costs of candidates running for the House of Representatives (DPR), Regional Legislative Councils (DPRD), Regional Representatives Council (DPD) or the presidential election, including their campaign teams and political party backers.
There are 7,968 DPR candidates contesting the 2019 general election. If a single candidate has readied Rp 2 billion for their electoral bid, their final expenditure would total Rp 15.9 trillion.
For example, House Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said in Jakarta on Tuesday (25/08/2018) that he had prepared Rp 3 billion for his bid in the 2019 legislative election. He said this amount did not differ greatly from his electoral costs for the 2014 legislative election, when he spent Rp 2.5 billion to Rp 3 billion.