Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Unifying three of six bills regarding general elections that are currently deliberated by the house' legislative council might be the right answer to save more time and on costs, an activist says.

"We could unify the legislative election bill, president and vice president election bill and the regional leaders' bill, for instance, in order to be more efficient. It could save us more time and also on costs," Hadar Gumay, executive director of Cetro (Center of Electoral Reform), told a discussion on Friday.

Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, former lawmaker who also attended the discussion, said that the bill unification was a great idea. However, he then warned that in return, the lawmakers should be able to develop a single standard or criteria for the three bills.

Ida Fauziah, lawmaker from the National Awakening Party (PKB), said without elaboration that it was too late to unify the bills this time, since some of the bills had already undergone their final deliberation sessions, meaning that these bills were to be completed before the end of this year.

Among those bills that are currently being deliberated at this date are the president and vice president bill, the legislative elections bill, the regional leaders' bill and the People's Consultative Council bill.