Constitutional Law Experts Present Electoral Reform Ideas to Parliament
Jakarta, Kompas.com - Several constitutional law experts provided input regarding the electoral system to Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives.
The input was provided by Jimly Asshiddiqie, Mahfud MD, and Refly Harun during a meeting held by Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
The meeting was chaired directly by Commission II Chair Muhammad Rifqinizamy Karsayuda and attended by members from eight parliamentary factions.
Rifqi explained that the meeting was convened to bring about the next election that would be far better in order to strengthen constitutional democracy going forward.
“We are developing a legislative strategy at present; we want to hear as many perspectives and views as possible,” said Rifqi, opening the meeting at Parliament Complex, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
After receiving various inputs, Rifqi said Commission II of the House will establish a working committee for the Electoral Bill.
He hopes that the Electoral Bill working committee will not take too long to complete its work, as it already has focused discussions based on a document of ideas that has received input from experts.
“Once the working committee is established, we hope that the document of ideas from experts, practitioners and NGOs is already well prepared, including the incorporation of 22 Constitutional Court decisions that granted judicial review petitions against Law No. 7 of 2017, which is also an important part of this,” he said.
In his presentation, Jimly Asshiddiqie proposed that the Electoral Bill be drafted using a limited omnibus method and limited codification that combines various regulations.
“I propose the use of the limited omnibus technique method,” said Jimly in his presentation.
The former Constitutional Court Chief noted that the omnibus method is necessary to comprehensively reorganise Indonesia’s legal system on electoral matters.
Since the reform era to the present, the former Constitutional Court Chief assessed that there have been considerable problems related to elections.