The chairman of the DPD RI asked the election organizer to pay attention to the voter data after the decision of the Constitutional Court
Jakarta – Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) of Sultan B Najamudin welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) related to the separation of the National Electoral Schedule and Regional Election. The Sultan reminded the election organizers and the government to expect the dynamics of voter data changes. “The reform of voter data will be very fast and becomes a challenge, so it requires extra efforts to the organizer. Because of the time of two years (the schedule for the implementation of the national and regional elections) is a significant time affecting the population and permanent voter list,” Sultan told reports on Saturday (6/28/2025). The sultan hopes that the separation of the election schedule could increase the political participation of the citizens. It is also expected to strengthen the relationship between central and regional governments. Browse to continue the content “Hopefully the separation of national and local elections will further increase the political participation of the community and strengthen the relationship between the center and the region. However, the manufacturer of the law must carefully and comprehensively look at the translation of the MK’s decision into the material of the election right,” he emphasized. Furthermore, the sultan said that the simplification, election innovation by constitutional engineering should be adapted to the structure of political institutions and the demands of national and regional development interests. It must also be adapted and synchronized in various laws related to elections, such as the MD3 Act. “The ruling of the Constitutional Court is quite good and important, not only in the issue of the workload of election organizers, but also a momentum to reorganize our legislative power structure in the MD3 Act. Because the DPRD was included as an element of the local government organizers in the local government group,” he explained. Former Deputy Governor of Bengkulu has suggested that the MD3 Act should be divided into the Law of Parliament (MPR/DPR/DPD) and the DPRD Act. If possible, he said, every legislative authority (MPR, DPR DPD) each has their respective laws. Previously, the Constitutional Court (MK) decided to separate the national election from local or local elections. The Constitutional Court suggested that a national vote should be separated and a maximum distance of 2 years 6 months with the regional level elections. “Explain section 3 paragraph (1) of the Act Number 8 of 2015 regarding amendments to the Act Number 1 of 2015 regarding the establishment of government regulation instead of the Act Number 1 of 2014 regarding the election of governors, regents and mayors to be law (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia of the Republic of Indonesia Number 567) Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia) Legal power bond as long as it does not (26/6).