General Election Supervisory Agency

General Election Supervisory Agency
Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum
Agency overview
Formed8 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-08)
JurisdictionGovernment of Indonesia
StatusRegulatory agency
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Annual budget$558,348,000 USD (FY 2019).[1]
Agency executives
  • Rahmat Bagja, Chairman
  • Gunawan Suswantoro, Secretary-general
Key document
  • Law No. 22/2017[2]
Websitebawaslu.go.id

The General Election Supervisory Agency (Indonesian: Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum, Bawaslu) is an independent supervisory agency tasked with oversight the administration of general elections throughout Indonesia. Originally established by the General Election Administration Act 2007 c. 22 and later replaced by the General Election Administration Act 2011 c. 15, the statute describes its duties as "to supervise the administration of general elections".[3]

  1. ^ "Anggaran Bawaslu Rp 8 T, JK: Kalau Tak Berhasil Anda Kecewakan Warga" (News article) (in Indonesian). 10 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA, NOMOR 22 TAHUN 2007, TENTANG PENYELENGGARA PEMILIHAN UMUM DENGAN RAHMAT TUHAN YANG MAHA ESA : PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA" (PDF). Dpr.go.id. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ "UU No. 15 Tahun 2015" (PDF). DPR RI. October 16, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.