Arief\'s Dismissal Becomes an Institutional Evaluation

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

Chairperson of the Commissioner of the General Election Commission Arief Budiman wearing masks and face shields in the Supplementary Electoral Data Submission, Socialization of Stages and Launching of the 2020 Election Stages at the KPU Office, Jakarta, Thursday (18/6/2020).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) on Wednesday (13/1/2021) dismissed Arief Budiman as the chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU). The DKPP evaluated that Arief had violated the code of ethics and code of conduct for the election organizers regarding the reactivation of Evi Novida Ginting as a member of the KPU.

The DKPP’s decision indicates there is a design of institutional relations between the KPU and the DKPP, which lawmakers need to fix.