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VOInews - Jakarta - The General Election Commission (KPU) RI said that the uncertainty of the electoral system is one of the reasons 89.7 percent of prospective DPR RI members for the 2024 Election have not met the document requirements.

"Yes, they are waiting for the certainty of the electoral system which is in the process of judicial review," KPU member Idham Holik said when confirmed in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Idham said that when the registration of candidates for DPR RI members took place on May 1-14, the Constitutional Court (MK) was indeed holding a judicial review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Election Law) related to the open proportional system.

So, he continued, at that time the election system had the potential to be changed to a closed proportional system.

The Constitutional Court decided that the 2024 elections would still use an open proportional system on July 15, 2023 or a month after the closing of registration for DPR candidates.

In addition to the electoral system, Idham added that as many as 9,260 people or 89.7 percent of DPR candidates have not met the requirements for nomination documents because they and their supporting political parties are constrained by time in preparing the files. (VOI/Akbar)