JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The House of Representatives (DPR) has passed the amendment of the Regional Election Law No. 1/2015 into newly law in its plenary session, Tuesday (Feb. 17) noon.
The House plenary session also passed the amendment of the Regional Administration Law No. 2/2015 into new law.
The House and the central government earlier have agreed on several crucial points on the amendment of Law 1/2015, including to kick off the implementation of the first stage of simultaneous regional elections in December 2015.
Both the House and the central government also agree that the second stage and the third of simultaneous regional elections will be implemented in February 2016 and June 2018 respectively.
The first nation-wide regional elections, meanwhile, will be postponed from initial schedule in 2020 to 2027.(haryantosuharman@yosefardi.