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Summary of government regulation on Acehnese local political parties
Aceh Kita - March 21, 2007
The central government has issued Government Regulation Number 20/2007 on Local Political Parties in Aceh. The decision was announced at the State Palace yesterday. The following is a summary by Aceh Kita’s editors of the government regulation that so many have been waiting for.
Definition of a local political party
Article 1
A local political party
is a political organisation voluntarily formed by a group of Indonesian
citizens that reside in Aceh based on an agreed desire and ideal of struggling
for the interests of its members, the public, the nation and the state
through the election of members of the Acehnese House of Representatives
(DPRA), the Regional House of Representatives (DPRK), the governor and
deputy governor, aas well as regents/deputy regents and mayors/deputy mayors.
Local party requirements
Article 2, Paragraph c
A local political party
shall have management boards in at least 50 percent of the regencies/municipalities
in Aceh and 25 percent of the sub-districts in each related regency, and
pay attention to having a representation of women of at least 30 percent.
Management board
Article 7
1. A local political party’s
[central] management board shall be located in the capital city of Aceh.
2. Local political parties
can have management boards from the level of the village/kampung
or other names.
Affiliation with national political parties
Article 10
1. A political party has
the right to be affiliated with or cooperate in other forms with local
political parties or national political parties.
2. Affiliation or cooperation
in other forms with local political parties or national political parties
shall be carried out to propose candidate tickets for the governor and
deputy governor, candidate regents and deputy regents, as well as candidate
mayors and deputy mayors.
Dual membership
Article 11
1. In order to open up participatory
space for local political party members in national elections, local party
members as individuals may hold dual membership with one of the national
political parties.
2. The participatory space
for local political party members as referred to in Paragraph 1 is meant
in the context of local political party members being able to elect or
be elected in national elections.
3. Dual membership as referred
to in Paragraph 1 can take place after obtaining written permission from
the local political party leadership.
Article 12, Paragraph
3, Point c
Local parties can be disbanded
by a Constitutional Court decision.
Funding sources
Article 17
1. Financial assistance
to a local political party shall be provided proportionally based on the
number of seats the local political party gains in the DPRA and/or DPRK.
2. The size of the financial
assistance to local political parties as referred to in Paragraph 1 shall
not exceed the size of the assistance for national political parties.
3. Assistance as referred
to in Paragraph 2 can come from the Aceh State Budget (APBA) and the Regency
State Budget (ABPK).
4. More detail provisions
pertaining to the size of the assistance, the procedures for its disbursement,
and the procedures of liability shall be regulated in a by-law.
Supervisor
Article 18
The Department of Regional
Offices in Aceh shall supervise local political parties through research
and/or checks in the context of fulfilling the following requirements:
a. Administrative.
b. Substantive that covers
principles, specific character, ideals, membership, the use of a name,
symbol and logo, and the obligations of local political parties.
[Translated by James Balowski. Note that the acronyms DPRA, DPRK, APBA and ABPK are as they appeared in the original text.]
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