Indonesian court rejects ballot system change before polls
Indonesians will carry on voting for individual politicians in future elections, instead of parties on the ballot paper. – AFP pic, June 15, 2023.
INDONESIA’S constitutional court today shot down a proposed change to the country’s electoral system that rights advocates had decried as an attack on democracy, ahead of a vote next year. The legal challenge stoked fears of a return to Indonesia’s autocratic past and a potential delay to February’s presidential and legislative polls, which could have allowed President Joko Widodo to extend his rule past the two-term limit.
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