RUU Pemilu Tak Kunjung Dibahas, Golkar Dorong Pertemuan Ketua Umum Parpol

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• • Komisi II DPR targets formation of the Election Bill working committee in the coming months.
• • Komisi II DPR has formulated public input on the revision of the Election Law.
• • DPR's Expertise Agency detailed 24 election issues into articles of the revision draft.
• • Aria Bima (PDI-P), Deputy Chairman of Komisi II DPR, made the statement at the DPR building on Monday (7/9/2026).
• • Aria Bima promised the Election Bill will be completed before the 2029 Election stages begin.
• • 2029 Election stages should officially start in June 2027.
• • The June 2027 timeline follows Article 167 Paragraph (6) of the Election Law, requiring stages to begin no later than 20 months before voting day.
• • If the 2029 Election voting day is held in February 2029, 20 months prior falls in June 2027.
• • Key issues include parliamentary threshold, presidential nomination threshold, and separation of national and local elections.
• • Ahmad Doli Kurnia Tandjung (Golkar) has proposed the discussion since two years ago, but it has not started.
• • Doli suggested a meeting of party general chairpersons to inventory issues that need regulation.
• • Doli suggested the President gather coalition party leaders to start the discussion.
• • Nasdem faction considers separating the presidential election (pilpres) from the legislative election (pileg).
• • Saan Mustopa (Deputy Chairman of DPR / Nasdem) cited evaluations of the 2019 and 2024 Elections as the basis for separation.
• • Saan noted election separation was applied during the 2004, 2009, and 2014 Elections.