Several NGOs are criticizing the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for poor performance. "Out of 10 points, we can only give the KPU five, while Bawaslu gets four," Ray Rangkuti of the Indonesian Civil Society Circle (LIMA) said in Jakarta on Thursday.

Ray made his comments at an event organized by LIMA, the People's Synergy for Democracy in Indonesia (Sigma), Indonesian Parliament Watch (Formappi), the Independent Elections Monitoring Committee (KIPP) and the Indonesian Election Committee (TePI).

The NGOs said the KPU has not been transparent, while the supervisory body has been unprepared.

The poll bodies have come under criticism after the KPU announced the results of the first round of party verifications for the 2014 legislative elections. "The KPU always boasts about its openness. Why doesn't the KPU disclose details about the administration verification?" Ray said.

After two delays, the commission announced on Sunday that it had disqualified 16 of 34 political parties submitting registration papers for failing to pass administration verification.

The applications of the 18 parties that made the cut are undergoing factual verification by the commission, the final stage before a political party can be deemed eligible to field candidates in the election.