Academics call for fair and accountable general election

Academic communities across Indonesia have called for a fair and accountable general election on 14 February amid rising concerns about democratic decline in Indonesia, writes Nina A Loasana for The Jakarta Post.

On Saturday 3 February, members of Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java, made a public declaration calling on President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and political elites to “follow the law” and to uphold “the integrity and dignity” of the electoral process.

They highlighted facts and events they said demonstrated democratic decline under Jokowi’s presidency ahead of the February election, including the country’s poor corruption perception rating, the declawing of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the controversial Constitutional Court ruling that enabled Jokowi’s son to run for vice president.
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