General Election Commission Chair, Mochammad Afifuddin: There is a deficit of trust in the KPU

KPU Chair Mochammad Afifuddin on turbulence within his institution following the dismissal of Hasyim Asy’ari, and the Constitutional Court’s decision on the regional head elections.

Sunudyantoro

October 21, 2024

MOCHAMMAD Afifuddin inherited a crisis when he was elected Chair of the General Election Commission (KPU) on July 28, 2024. He replaced Hasyim Asy’ari, who was dismissed after being convicted of sexual violence against a member of the Overseas Election Committee in Den Haag, Netherlands. Hasyim’s dismissal marked the fourth sanction imposed by the Election Committee Ethics Council on a KPU leader throughout 2024.

Before Afifuddi

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