Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) recently released the list of ex-corruption convict taking part in the 2019 legislative election. Out of 16 political parties, only four parties that did not submit candidates who previously named as convicts in the graft case.

The four parties are the United Development Party (PPP), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Democrat (NasDem), and the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). Other than PSI, the three parties had partaken in past elections.

"There are 49 former corruptors running as a legislative candidate for the upcoming election on April 17," said KPU chairman Arief Budiman in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 30.

Among those 49 candidates, Golkar Party and Gerindra Party contribute the most of ex-corruptor convicts in the legislative election, each eight and six people respectively, followed by Hanura (5), Democrat (4), Berkarya (4), PAN (4), Garuda (2) Perindo (2), PKPI (2), PDIP (1), PKS (1), and PBB (1).

Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/1170774/no-former-graft-convict-participates-in-election-from-4-parties