I was shopping in the Chow Kit area, when I saw what looked like a political party’s campaign office. Well it was a campaign office, just not belonging to one of our party’s, but an Indonesian one.
When I asked, the election is scheduled for April 2009 and with a sizable Indonesian population here, campaigning is already on-going.
Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system and power is concentrated in the national government.
The president of Indonesia is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The president appoints a council of ministers, who are not required to be elected members of the legislature.
The highest representative body at national level is the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR). Its main functions are supporting and amending the constitution, inaugurating the president, and formalizing broad outlines of state policy. It has the power to impeach the president.
The MPR comprises two houses; the People’s Representative Council (DPR), with 550 members, and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), with 128 members.
The DPR passes legislation and monitors the executive branch; party-aligned members are elected for five-year terms by proportional representation.
The DPD is a new chamber for matters of regional management.
When I asked, the election is scheduled for April 2009 and with a sizable Indonesian population here, campaigning is already on-going.
Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system and power is concentrated in the national government.The president of Indonesia is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The president appoints a council of ministers, who are not required to be elected members of the legislature.
The highest representative body at national level is the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR). Its main functions are supporting and amending the constitution, inaugurating the president, and formalizing broad outlines of state policy. It has the power to impeach the president.
The MPR comprises two houses; the People’s Representative Council (DPR), with 550 members, and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), with 128 members.
The DPR passes legislation and monitors the executive branch; party-aligned members are elected for five-year terms by proportional representation.
The DPD is a new chamber for matters of regional management.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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..guess those who agree to vote would be getting a free ferry return ticket..
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