DPR Submits Election Bill Problem Inventory List to Party Leaders

Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) has reportedly submitted the problem inventory list (DIM) for the Election Bill to party chairpersons and faction leaders in the DPR. Commission II Chair Rifqinizamy Karsayuda said this was done to accelerate the bill’s deliberation process. “We are now asking all members of Commission II of the Indonesian DPR to convey this DIM to their respective party chairpersons and faction leaders,” Rifqi stated during a discussion at UIN Jakarta on Tuesday (7/7). According to him, although the official deliberation of the Election Bill has not yet begun, Commission II has been conducting a public aspiration gathering process since January 2026. The commission has invited experts, practitioners, and election observer organisations to provide input. “We conduct this every two weeks at Commission II of the DPR RI to ensure meaningful participation,” he said. Rifqi acknowledged that these hearings do not follow the formal legislative deliberation procedures but described them as a political ijtihad. Based on these hearings, the commission compiled a DIM containing 28 points, with the majority derived from 22 Constitutional Court rulings related to elections. “These 22 Constitutional Court rulings are the primary baseline for our DIM compilation,” Rifqi stated. According to Rifqi, the 28 DIM points resulted in three alternative norms. The first consists purely of Constitutional Court rulings, such as the removal of the presidential nomination threshold. The second alternative comprises norms originating from experts, practitioners, and election observers. The third alternative includes norms derived from the views of the eight factions in the DPR. “And the third, we must convey it as it is, the views even though they are unofficial from the factions. So these three models of alternative norms were formally submitted by me to the DPR leadership last month,” Rifqi said. However, the NasDem Party politician has yet to signal when the Election Bill will be officially deliberated. Rifqi admitted he had asked the DPR leadership about the timing but was told to wait. “I asked the DPR leadership whether the working committee could be formed now or if we must wait for the political and legislative momentum, adhering to the DPR’s rules and mechanisms. The answer was: ‘Wait.’ When I asked when, the answer was: ‘Wait’,” Rifqi said.