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