Indonesia's upper house speaker on Wednesday said it was important for the country to discuss a means by which it could delay elections in times of crisis, such as natural disasters, wars, or pandemics.
Indonesia currently has no framework to postpone an election and some politicians have called for the constitution to be amended in future to allow a delay in an emergency situation.
Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, will hold a general election on Feb. 14 next year, during which a successor will be chosen to replace President Joko Widodo, whose second and final term ends next year. "How do we hold elections in the case of unexpected events occurring, like big natural disasters, wars, revolts, or pandemics," Bambang Soesatyo, the upper house speaker, said in an annual address ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day.
Law experts and activists have previously said that any attempt to delay elections to allow a president to extend their stay in office would undo democratic gains achieved after the fall of the authoritarian rule of President Suharto in 1998.Our Standards:
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