Bergeming di Tengah Desakan

“Opsi penundaan (pilkada) kan terbuka. Bukan berarti tidak ada opsi itu,” kata Anggota Badan Pengawas Pemilu (Bawaslu) Fritz Edward Siregar  dalam diskusi virtual yang diadakan oleh Ikatan Alumni Universitas Indonesia, Rabu, 23 September 2020. Ucapan Fritz bukan pepesan kosong. Ia merujuk pada Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2020. Beleid yang diteken pada 4 Mei 2020 tersebut […]

Standing still amid mounting pressures

“We can still consider postponing the upcoming regional elections; the postponement is by no means a non-existent possibility [amid the COVID-19 pandemic situation],” said Elections Supervisory Body member Fritz Edward Siregar during a virtual discussion organized on Sept. 23 by the University of Indonesia’s (UI) alumni organization. Fritz’s speech is not without any substance: he […]