TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A member of the Special Committee for the Draft Bill on General Election (Pansus RUU), Taufiqulhadi, said that the inventory list problems (DIM) of Elections Draft Bill must be finished by November 30, 2016. “Every faction’s DIM must be completed,” he said on Monday, November 28, 2016.
According to Taufiqulhadi, the DIM completion is to catch up with the deadline target on the completion of the Elections Draft Bill. The special committee will work tightly and continuously.
He also admitted that there are a number of issues that will make it into the list of problems such as the elections system. The government has submitted an openly but proportionally limited system of elections. “Factually, the government requested for a closed one,” he said. But he believes that the majority of the House members would vote for an open elections system.
Other than that, Taufiqulhadi said, the general elections mechanism would be a crucial issue that will be on the list since the execution of the presidential elections and the legislative elections will be held close to each other. “[It's about] how the system will be implemented,” he said.
The special committee of the elections draft bill expects the discussion to be done by May 2017.
ARKHELAUS W.