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        "msgid": "house-commission-ii-hopes-election-bill-will-be-discussed-this-year-1776423064",
        "date": "2026-04-17 16:40:18",
        "title": "House Commission II Hopes Election Bill Will Be Discussed This Year",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives' Commission II, Zulfikar Arse Sadikin, has expressed hope that the Bill on Amendments to Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections will be discussed in 2026, citing past delays in 2019 due to external factors and incomplete preparations. He emphasised the need to consider the national situation, government conditions, and political parties' stances, especially as preparations for the 2029 elections, including recruitment of election organisers, are underway by year's end. A recent meeting on the bill was rescheduled to a leadership session with faction heads because the academic paper and draft are not yet ready.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the House of\nRepresentatives Zulfikar Arse Sadikin has targeted that the Draft Bill\n(RUU) on Amendments to Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections\n(Pemilu) can be discussed in 2026. Reflecting on previous experience, he\nsaid that the Election Law was almost revised in 2019. However, he\nnoted, one of the law-making bodies at that time was not inclined to\ndiscuss the law. \u201cThat\u2019s why I mentioned the experience factor earlier;\nI said there are factors beyond our control that we need to consider,\nsuch as the state of the country and the government\u2019s own situation,\u201d\nZulfikar said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Friday. In\naddition, according to him, the discussion of the bill also needs to\ntake into account the conditions of the political parties in the House\nof Representatives. He stated that Commission II of the House of\nRepresentatives already has the intention to have the bill enacted as\nsoon as possible and to proceed to the discussion stage. \u201cConsidering\nthat by the end of this year we will enter the stage of the 2029\nelections, namely the recruitment of election organisers,\u201d he said. He\nalso revealed that the meeting on the Election Bill in Commission II of\nthe House of Representatives on Tuesday (14\/4) was not cancelled, but\nwas changed to a Meeting of the House of Representatives Leadership with\nthe Heads of Faction Groups. Because, he said, the Election Bill is not\nyet ready to be discussed internally in Commission II of the House of\nRepresentatives due to incomplete regulations. \u201cNormally, for an\ninternal meeting, there should already be the documents, the academic\npaper and the draft bill text, but these are not yet available. Because\nthey are not, it wasn\u2019t the right time,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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