Dasco to Lead Parliamentary Safari for Electoral Law Revision
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad is set to lead a safari to non-parliamentary parties to gather input for the revision of Law Number 7 of 2017 on Elections. Commission II Deputy Chairman Aria Bima stated that Dasco, along with the commission’s leadership and representatives from each faction, will spearhead the visits.
‘We will conduct a safari directly led by Deputy Speaker Dasco together with the Commission II leadership and faction representatives,’ Bima said at the DPR building in Jakarta on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. The DPR plans to commence the visits next week before the recess period begins. Bima noted that the format of the discussions is still being formulated, whether the DPR will visit each party individually or hold a collective meeting for those that did not pass the parliamentary threshold. ‘It is still being arranged whether we visit them one by one or gather the parties that did not meet the parliamentary threshold. That will be left to the DPR leadership,’ the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician added.
According to Bima, the safari aims to hear aspirations regarding crucial issues in the electoral law revision, such as the parliamentary threshold, presidential threshold, electoral districts, and the maximum number of seats per district. The DPR has yet to begin substantive discussions on the revision. Commission II last held a public hearing for the bill on 2 June 2026, featuring researcher Siti Zuhro from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and former General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Ramlan Surbakti.
Under current law, the government is expected to form a selection committee for election organisers by August or September. Article 167 paragraph (6) of the existing Election Law stipulates that election stages must commence no later than 20 months before polling day. If the 2029 election follows the pattern of the 2024 election, polling day is estimated to fall around February 2029, meaning preparations should begin around June or July 2027. The government has indicated it may propose its own draft revision if DPR deliberations stall. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated the government is ready to renegotiate with the DPR if discussions remain unresolved in the next two and a half years.
Deputy Chairman of Commission II Zulfikar Arse Sadikin confirmed that the Election Law revision remains a DPR initiative included in the 2026 National Legislation Programme (Prolegnas). ‘This is a DPR initiative, which Commission II has been instructed to draft. We are still in the stage of preparing the academic manuscript and the bill draft,’ the Golkar Party politician said at the DPR building on Monday, 15 June 2026.