Election organizers and regional administrations have requested extra funds from the state budget (APBN) for the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) as the central government insists on holding year-end regional polls amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives and the Government approved the additional budget proposal submitted by …

Member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I Willy Aditya criticized the Ministry of Home Affairs for providing population data access to 13 banking and non-financial institutions. He also considered that the company’s reason for requesting access to citizens’ personal data to the Ministry could not be taken for granted. According to Willy, Law No. 11/2008 concerning Information and …