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.

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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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