Overbearing Ethics Council
By firing the chairman of the General Elections Commission, the Election Organization Ethics Council is seen as having gone too far. An ethics body should not have the power of dismissal.
Tempo
January 25, 2021
MORE than just an overreaction, the move by the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) in firing the chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) is a realization of excessive power in the hands of an ethics council.
Normally ethics councils only issue recommendations to be implemented by other bodies. For example, the Judicial Commission provides recommendations related to ethical violations by judges. Any follow up action is taken b
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