Electoral/Political Party Reform – 2009

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The election for a provincial legislature took place on 9 April 2009 and the Aceh Party secured 46.01% votes, which gave them 33 seats out of 69 seats in the proportional system. Five other local parties did not meet the 5% threshold required by law to gain a seat.1

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 2006

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The draft bill was submitted to the parliament in January.3 and the bill was passed by the parliament on 11 June.4 As provided in the accord, new conventional identity cards were distributed before November elections.5 Just before the local elections, the bill received presidential assent and became a law. Provisions related to local political parties were discussed in Articles 78 and 79 of the law. The law also establishes an Independent Election Commission (KIP) and gives authority to require audit and announce the report on the donation of campaign fund.

As provided in the accord, elections took place on 11 December 2006. In the election, leader of Free Aceh Movement, Irawandi Yusuf won the elections and set to become the first elected governor of the province. Official results were set to be announced in January 2007.6

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 2005

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The draft autonomy bill which was initiated in September 2005 provided for the establishment of local political parties that would facilitate the process of transforming the GAM into a local political party.7 In December, the government of Indonesia was about to submit the draft law to the Indonesian parliament.8