The ranks of North Sumatra KPU members and their duties and authorities
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Provincial General Election Commission (KPU) has an important role in ensuring honest, fair and transparent elections at the provincial level.
As the vanguard of democracy in the regions, the Provincial KPU is responsible for holding elections with high integrity, from preparation to vote counting.
In carrying out its duties, the number of Provincial KPU members has been regulated in Law (UU) Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections. The regulation explains that the number of Provincial KPU members is 5 (five) or 7 (seven) people. The following are members of the North Sumatra Province KPU:
Name: Agus Arifin
Job Title: Chairman of the North Sumatra Province KPU
Name: Robby Effendy
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
Name: King Ahab Damanik
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
Name: Sitori Mendrofa
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
Name: Frendianus Joni Rahmat Zebua
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
Name: Kotaris Banurea
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
Name: El Suhaimi
Job Title: Member of the KPU of North Sumatra Province
The duties and authorities of the Provincial General Election Commission (KPU) are regulated clearly and in detail in Law (UU) Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections, contained in articles 15 and article 16. The following are the duties and authorities of the Provincial KPU:
Duties of the Provincial KPU
1. Outline the program and implement the budget.
2. Carry out all stages of holding elections in the province in accordance with statutory provisions.
3. Coordinate, organize and control the implementation of elections carried out by the Regency/City KPU.
4. Receive the voter list from the Regency/City KPU, and submit it to the KPU.
5. Updating voter data based on the latest election data by taking into account population data prepared and submitted by the government, and determining it as a voter list.
6. Recapitulate the results of the vote count for the elections for members of the DPR and DPD members, as well as the elections for president and vice president in the province concerned and announce them based on the minutes of the results of the vote count recapitulation at the Regency/City KPU.
7. Make a vote count report and produce a vote count certificate and must submit it to the election participant witnesses, provincial Bawaslu and KPU.
8. Announce the elected candidates for provincial DPRD members according to the allocation of the number of seats for each electoral district in the province concerned and prepare an official report.
9. Implement the decisions of Bawaslu and provincial Bawaslu.
10. Socialize the implementation of elections and/or related duties and authority of the provincial KPU to the public.
11. Conduct evaluations and make reports at each stage of election implementation.
12. Carry out other tasks assigned by the KPU and/or statutory provisions.
Authority of the Provincial KPU
- Determine the election schedule in the province.
- Determine and announce the results of the recapitulation of the vote count for the election for members of the provincial DPRD based on the results of the recapitulation at the Regency/City KPU by making a vote count report and a certificate of the vote count results.
- Issue the decision of the provincial KPU to ratify the results of the election for members of the provincial DPRD and announce it.
- Imposing administrative sanctions and/or temporarily deactivating Regency/City KPU members who are proven to have carried out actions that disrupt the stages of election implementation based on Bawaslu decisions, provincial Bawaslu decisions, and/or statutory provisions.
- Carry out other authorities granted by the KPU and/or statutory provisions.
Also read: Central Java KPU: Duties, functions and membership
Also read: DKI Jakarta KPU: Duties, functions and membership
Also read: East Java KPU: Duties, functions and membership
Reporter: Allisa Luthfia
Editor: Alviansyah Pasaribu
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