Election system research

Election system research

From Bisnis Indonesia

About five years ago, around the time of the 1992 general elections, debates took place about a better election system; whether it should be a district system, or one based on a proportional system.

Right after the elections, President Soeharto instructed the Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI), to conduct research on the election system at the time. Time has passed and we are facing, once again, another election in the not-too-distant future. What has come of that research? Has LIPI done its homework?

People would like to know if a special election system for Indonesia has been found, which would hopefully be more democratic than the present one.

A. RAHMANTO

Jakarta