Improvement of the citizenship data system and revision of the General Election Commission Regulations (PKPU) on candidacy are now urgently needed to ensure this does not happen again.

The Constitutional Court revoked Orient\'s status as the regent-elect of Sabu Raijua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The case, which pertained to Orient’s US citizenship status, showed the urgency for data integration.

The government, the House of Representatives (DPR) and the organizers of the Pilkada 2020 were so optimistic and convinced that the regional elections could be held on 9 Dec. 2020.

Calls to postpone the 2020 simultaneous regional elections are growing. Even so, the government is adamant that it will hold the elections this year.

General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman has been added to the list of state administrators exposed to COVID-19.

The three-day registration stage for candidates contesting the 2020 regional elections (Pilkada) to be held simultaneously in 270 regions has been deemed a showcase of noncompliance with the Covid-19 health protocol.

Elections are only a fragile instrument of democracy and therefore should not be expected to be like a "magic box" for the realization of political democracy, let alone social democracy.

The people really hope that elections will return to their "roots" as a contestation that produces figures who glorify the interests of the people. Not idols that produce disasters.