Indonesia’s election commission yields to demands to restore women’s representation rule
Source: Asian News
The commission will give political parties until May 14 to revise their lists of candidates for the 2024 legislative election to accommodate the rule change.
JAKARTA – In response to protests from rights groups fearing a lack of women’s representation in the legislature, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has undone a recent rule change that would have decreased the minimum number of women candidates in electoral districts under some circumstances.
The commission returned to its previous policy, in place during the 2019 legislative election, of rounding up the minimum number of women candidates in an electoral district if the calculation resulted in a decimal, revoking a recently passed rule that involved rounding down in some cases.
Click here to read the full article published by Asian News on 15 May 2023.
The commission will give political parties until May 14 to revise their lists of candidates for the 2024 legislative election to accommodate the rule change.
JAKARTA – In response to protests from rights groups fearing a lack of women’s representation in the legislature, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has undone a recent rule change that would have decreased the minimum number of women candidates in electoral districts under some circumstances.
The commission returned to its previous policy, in place during the 2019 legislative election, of rounding up the minimum number of women candidates in an electoral district if the calculation resulted in a decimal, revoking a recently passed rule that involved rounding down in some cases.
Click here to read the full article published by Asian News on 15 May 2023.