Some political experts from the National Institute of Sciences (LIPI) suggested that political parties announce candidates for president and vice president before the legislative elections.
Syamsudin Haris LIPI researcher believes it is a short period of time between the legislative and presidential elections that did not give enough time for voters to learn about the candidates. After the legislative elections, people should take time to get to know the candidates, said Syamsudin during the hearing with a special team of the President and Vice Presidential Election Regulation Drafting office in Parliament yesterday.
Another LIPI researcher, Dewi Fortuna Anwar, said the extra time will also increase voting for political parties in the legislative elections. If the political party nominates someone that people want, they can get many votes, he said.
Sri Yanuarti of the Indonesian Association of Political Science suggests for a presidential candidate to announce a list of ministers of the candidates before the presidential election. The idea is to give more information to voters to select candidates.
Experts also suggest an election regulation for a public debate for the candidates. Syamsudin said, criminalization of the candidates might be those who refuse to a public debate.
Agus Hermanto, a member of a special team for the presidential election Drafting responded positively to this suggestion. Although not yet approved, a pair of candidates must be announced before the general elections, he said.
from tempointeraktif.com
