The General Election Supervisory Agency ( id, Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum, BAWASLU) is an independent supervisory agency tasked with oversight the administration of

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. Originally established by Law No. 22 of 2007 concerning General Election Administrators and later replaced and repealed by Law No. 15 of 2011, the statute describes its duties as "to supervise the administration of general elections"

Membership

The Agency have five members, including a chairperson elected by its members. By law, at least 30% of the members must be female. The

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appoints 10 candidates (twice of the statutory requirement) with approval from the

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(DPR), which will serve a five-year term, and the chairperson is elected by and amongst its members. A member of BAWASLU can only be terminated by the President under grounds as specified by law which includes: no longer meeting the membership requirements, violating the oath of office and code of ethics, incapability to performing their duties for three consecutive months without valid reason, convicted of a felony and sentenced with imprisonment for five years or longer, or not attending a plenary session for three times consecutively without valid reasoning as deemed appropriate.

Official duties

The Agency's role is restricted to supervising election administration. It is responsible for organising standards of election administration supervisory work procedure to serve as a guideline for election supervisors in every level (national, provincial, municipal, etc). In order to supervise and ensure the administration of a fair election, both by preventive and responsive measures, the agency is tasked with supervising preparations before an election; the administration of an election as it is ongoing; manage and store documents and archives, monitoring the enforcement of election offences by the competent authorities; supervising the enforcement of election offence convictions; evaluating supervision of election; publishing an election supervisory report; and other duties as prescribed by applicable laws and provision.

Members

Current

Former

* Muhammad – April, 2012 – April , 2017 * Nasrullah – April, 2012 – April 2017 * Daniel Zuchron – April, 2012 - April 2017 * Endang Wihdatiningtyas – April, 2012 – April 2017 *

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– April, 2012 – April 2017

References

External links

* * {{authority control 2008 establishments in Indonesia Organizations based in Jakarta Government agencies of Indonesia