Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III) August 22 – 26, 2016 Bali, Indonesia "Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections" General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia and General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)

1. by : NASRULLAH
Member of Election Supervisory Board of the
Republic of Indonesia
Presented at the Asian Electoral Stakeholder
Forum III, Denpasar, Bali, 23rd of August, 2016

2. Election Administrators in Indonesia
National Election Commission
(KPU)
Election Supervisory Board
(Bawaslu RI)
Honorary Board of General
Election Organizers (DKPP)
Act as unitary system of election administrators, each of
which is equal and independent
Implements the Election
Supervises the Election
Upholds the code of
ethics for Election
Organizers

3. Election Supervision means any activity to
monitor, observe, examine and assess the
implementation process of the Election in
accordance with laws and regulations.
(Regulation of The Election Supervisory
Board Number 2 of 2015,
Article 1, Paragraph 29)

4. To be a confidential guardian institution in
creating a democratic, dignified, and
qualified election.
The Vision of Bawaslu RI

5. Supervising
Preventing Proceeding
Receiving the
Alleged Electoral
Fraud Findings and
Reports
Following Up the
Alleged Electoral
Fraud Findings and
Reports
Dispute Resolution
DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF ELECTION SUPERVISOR

6. The follow up of election supervision
Alleged Electoral Fraud
The Election Supervisor shall forward
alleged code of ethics Fraud
recommendation to DKPP
The Election Supervisor delivers
recommendation and observation files
of alleged administrative Election
fraud to KPU
The alleged electoral crime shall
be forwarded by the Election
Supervisor to Indonesian
National Police Investigator
Alleged Non-Electoral Fraud
Observation results which are
not categorized as electoral
fraud but included to alleged
fraud to other legislation shall
be forwarded to the
authorized institutions
Electoral dispute shall be
forwarded to the field of
Electoral dispute resolution to
be followed up as Electoral
dispute

7. The Structure of Election Supervisors
Level Supervisory Board Members Total Member
National
Election Supervisory Board
(Bawaslu RI)
5 (Permanent) 5
Province
Provincial Election
Supervisory Board
(Bawaslu Provinsi)
3 (Permanent) 102
Regency/Municipal
Regency/Municipal
Election Supervisory
Committee
(Panwaslih/Panwaskab)
3 (adhoc)
1.542
Sub-district
Sub-district Election
Supervisory Committee
(Panwascam)
3 (adhoc)
21.282
Village Election
Supervisor
Village Election Supervisor
(PPL)
1 (adhoc) 82.505
**Polling Place
Polling Place Supervisior
(PPS)
1 (adhoc) 544.494
649.930*2014 election data

8. Achieving a
Transparent and
Accountable Election

9. Election
Actors:
- Contestants
- Administrators
- Voters
The conduct
of Election
Election
Result
Basic
Fundamental
Outcome
Obedient
and
Integrity
Principles and
Law
The Integrity of
Electoral ProcessEthics and Morals
The diversity culture and religion in Indonesia is reflected in The Pancasila
and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. This complexity of
Indonesia like multi-cultural, multi-ethnic also religions and beliefs, from by
itself a value that based of ethical and moral.

10. Upstream
• Regulation
• Infrastructure
• Organization and
Human Resources
• Budget
PROCESS
• Voter List
• Candidacy
• Campaign Funds
• Campaign
• Voting
• Vote
Recapitulation
Downstream
• Electoral
Dispute
• Fraud
Proceeding
• Dispute
Resolution
• Code of Ethics
STAGES

11. COLLABORATION AND
COORDINATION
Increased cooperation and
coordination among agencies
to prevent violations
PUBLICATION
Transparency Effort and
accountability of election
process
EARLY WARNING
Give a warning to the
Political Parties, Election
Implementers Bodies,
candidate, campaign team,
Election participants and
stakeholders from
committing violations
PARTICIPATION
Encourages all stakeholders
to take an active role to
supervise
SOCIALIZATION
Include Regulations and sanctions
to the stakeholders
PREVENTION

12. The Urgency of Participatory Supervision
 Democratic Elections = Integrity
Process + Integration Results.
 Personal limitations, carrying
capacity and authority of the
Election supervisors make public
participation in supervising is
needed.
 Participatory Supervision will cover
the lack of electoral supervisors in
overseeing all aspects and stages of
the electoral.
 Elections should be returned as the
‘possession of the people', including
responsibility for supervision.
12
In the 2014
election,
Bawaslu has
initiated the
Million
Volunteers
Movement
Election
Supervisory

13. Participatory
Supervision
REPRESENTATION OF STATE /
STATE INSTITUTIONS
PEOPLE
The Integrity
of The
Election
The
Electoral
Process

14. Election People
People
as
Subject
People
as
Object
The people right to
be treated fairly and
humanely
Election Supervisory
ensure the right to
obtain information
Gowaslu and
Supervision Based
on Information
Technologi

15. Supervision Based on
Information Technology

16. • The entire Indonesian
people also people in
overseas access the
online media about
the vote counting
process at the polling
stations directly /
delay.
The goal is to make the
process more
transparent
• After the counting
process, the
recording tape can be
a strong evidence if
necessary. The
deception in polling
stations will be hard
to do.
In Bawaslu Website
on the day the
election begin,
people can see live
which polling
stations are in
counting process
just a ‘click’ away

18. Mobile
applica
tions
GOOGLE
SERVER
Bawaslu
Website
Share Social
Media
Video from supervisors in
Polling Place can upload to
Youtube
Operator /
The admin
Managing files
Displaying Video
to Sites and
Applications
Bawaslu
automatically
according to
regional grouping
the voting process can be
monitored directly by the
people

19. Supervision based on Technology
Information plans will be implemented in
2019 Concurrent Elections
In 2017 local elections there will be two
regional pilot project based on technology:
Jakarta province and the city of Yogyakarta.

20. Linkages Supervisory and Election Observer
Observer
Election
Election
Supervisor

21. Election
Observer
Election
Supervisor

22. Why the function of election observer
formalized in Indonesia?
The complexity of the
background of Indonesia
Indonesia consist of
13.667 island
Has more than 300
ethnic or tribe
Has six major religions
and other beliefs
• The elections of 2014
has reach 190 million
voters.
• The total amount of
legislative candidates
reach more than 200
thousand people which
spread across 2,471
electoral districts.
•There are 545 803
polling station
•Regulation often
changed
Complexity Election

23. Why we still need election observer?
Observer is required to
be part of the
supervision election
process because the
complexity of election
in Indonesia
The presence of this
person is as part of
participatory
monitoring, which
involves the public in
supervising the Election

24. In order to create
The Democratic
Election, the
accountability of the
process and election
result depend on
Transparency and
Integrity, so it must
be put ahead among
other things.
Election
Supervisory
Authority
Transparency
+
Integrity
Democratic
Election
Conclusion

25. TERIMA KASIH
“Dari Bawaslu Kita Selamatkan
Pemilu Indonesia”