Law No.3/1999

Law No.3/1999
- Proportional system
- General Elections Commission consists of government officials
and representatives of political parties
- Commission comprises 48 politicians and 5 government officials
- To qualify for election, political party must have board in 1/2
of the number of provinces and in 1/2 of the regencies in each
province.
- No rules on female candidates
- Constituency of DPR is the province
- Restriction in the use of government facilities and places of
worship during campaign
- Limit of campaign funds is decided by election commission
- No specific timeframe for the solution of election disputes
- No rules on investigation into legislators suspected of
violation

New Law
- Proportional with open-list
- Commission consists of non-partisan figures
- Commission totals 11 members
- To qualify for election, political party must have board in 2/3
of the number of provinces and in 2/3 of the regencies in each
province
- Parties can nominate candidates with regard to female
representation of at least 30 percent
- Constituency of DPR is the province and parts of province
(group of regencies).
- State officials are allowed to campaign but not permitted to
use state facilities, officials must take unpaid leave during
campaign without ignoring state administration.
- Personal donations must not exceed Rp 100 million,
institutional donation must not exceed Rp 750 million
- Election dispute is resolved no later than 14 days
- State investigators to probe legislators need not ask for
permission from the president