Jakarta. Arief Budiman, a commissioner at the General Election Commission, or KPU, has said the candidate to fill the vacancy at the institution will not be required to undergo a fit and proper test.

The 14 candidates all took part in fit and proper tests in 2012, Arief said.

“No more [fit and proper tests]. They have been ranked before. Now, it is only checking whether they are still qualified or not,” Arief said at the KPU Office in Jakarta, Tuesday (12/07).

Candidates will be quizzed again to update health information, confirm political party neutrality and no involvement in crime.

“All of the requirements will be re-checked,” Arief said.

New KPU Chairman replacement to await Presidential Letter

Meanwhile, deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Commission II, overseeing house affairs, Lukman Edy said the inauguration of the new KPU chairman will have to wait for an official letter from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The letter will officially relieve the late Husni Kamil Manik as KPU commissioner, before verifying the new commissioner.

“The measure is for the president to make a letter announcing the resignation of late Husni as chairman of the KPU. After that, a replacement can be made to comply with administrational discipline,” Lukman said at the Parliamentary Complexin Jakarta.

The letter will be followed up with the verification of KPU commissioner candidate, Hasyim Ashari, who previously failed to take out the post in 2012 after securing 32 votes.

“The president should apply the verification, after it is cleared, then appoint [Hasyim] as member of KPU. That is the regulation,” Lukman said.