Jakarta – Coordination of Minister of Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Penitentiary (Kumham Imipas), Yusril Ihza Mahendra, received an audience from the Civil Society Coalition for codification of the draft election right. Yusril explained in this hearing that his party had received input related to three laws, namely political parties, elections and MD3. “Input related to the review of the three laws, namely the Political Parties Act and the right to General Elections and Laws on MD3, DPR DPD and the People’s Consultative Assembly,” Yusril explained to reporters in his office on Tuesday (9/16/2025). Browse to continue with the content Yusril said that this trial is part of the government’s response to the demands of the people who were made by protests some time ago, including the demands of 17+8. He also ensured that the government was very open to the proposal of every element of society. “A number of points have been transferred to us today, there are 15 points related to the proposal of the Civil Society Coalition for the Codification of the Electoral Bill, and we accept well and are very gratitude to colleagues who convey basic input to the government and we accept it with an open heart,” Yusril said. He explained that his party appreciated every input. For inputs this time, his party also claimed that he agreed that it is very necessary to carry out reforms in the political, democratic and legal fields. Yusril conveyed his equality of his opinion with the input received, one of them regarding political party law. According to him, political parties have such a major role that requires compatibility in regulating it. “It is impossible for us to create democracy if the party itself is not democratic. It’s really a valuable input for us,” he said. Not only that, his party also revealed that the coalition of civil society also requested that the government take the initiative of the proposal regarding the three laws to the DPR. “The hope of the coalition concept is that the government will later take the initiative, leading to the design of laws based on proposals or first concepts given from the Civil Society Coalition for the Codification of the Electoral Act, and if it is good with good cooperation between the government and all levels of society,” he concluded. On the same occasion, representatives of the Civil Society Coalition, Heroic M Pratama, equated one of the hope in this audience, namely the registration of the discussion of the election law recorded in the National Representative Council in Parliament. Because he requested that the government take the initiative of the proposal after the discussion of the Electoral Act. “How the government takes over its discussion as a proposal from the government for discussing the codification of the Election Act,” Heroic explained. Not only that, he also revealed that the government could form a team that consisted specifically of academics, civil society, interest groups or minority groups that focused on the attention of the elections to prepare academic manuscripts, as well as draft election laws that became the government’s proposal. “Certainly one of the objectives is to offer a democratic election law, which is then much more fair and also minimizes the conflicts of interest, where the political factors of the election participant become the arena competing in the Electoral Act,” he added. (AZH/AZH)
Yusril discussion together
