Article 53 of Law No. 10/2008 on General Elections stipulates that the lists of prospective candidates submitted by parties to the General Elections Commission (KPU) should contain at least 30% women. However, according to Kompas newspaper on September 18, this quota only applies to the provisional list, and in no way means that 30% of the seats in the legislature will be occupied by women.
The Kompas article points out that in Rwandi, the quota for women in the legislature is 24%, and that if there are not enough women, the seats are left empty. Thanks for that.
Watch this space for more on this once somebody else has done the maths on the list of prosepctive candidates...
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