Jakarta – All of the major political parties still have to undergo the factual verification stage's tough screening process, which is conducted by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Out of the 16 political parties that passed the administrative verification process, only the newly established National Democratic Party (NasDem) and the Islamic-based National Awakening Party (PKB) had met all requirements to pass factual verification at the central executive board level, conducted on Monday.

All KPU commissioners were dispatched on Monday to the national headquarters of the 16 parties to match the data submitted for the administrative verification with the actual condition of the parties.

To pass the factual verification stage, political parties are required to set up their headquarters in the country's capital, to prove the validity of memberships cards submitted for the administrative stage and to have, at least, 30 percent of female membership in their central boards.

So far the election commission has only declared the central board of the PKB and the NasDem Party of meeting the basic requirement. "The central executive board of the NasDem has met all requirements," KPU commissioner Arief Budhiman said at the party's office in Jakarta.

For the factual verification, the KPU found that women made up 32 percent of the NasDem central board. Despite the result, the NasDem and PKB parties would have to wait a few weeks before the KPU completes the factual verification process at the provincial level and below.

The KPU is expected to make the final announcement on Jan. 8, next year at the latest. Several other political parties including the ruling Democratic Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) have still not been declared eligible to stand in the 2014 election.

The Democratic Party failed to provide evidence for its claim of meeting the minimum requirement for female membership in its central board. Only 43 of the 57 registered female members with the board were present when KPU commissioners arrived at its national headquarters in East Jakarta.

Responding to the no-show, the KPU said that all absent members of the central board should have made an official statement stating the reasons for their absence. "Fourteen female members were absent without notifications," Arief said.

The Democratic Party was given until Tuesday (today) to prove their claims that 14 female members did belong to the party's central board, he said.

KPU commissioner Ida Budhiati said the PKS still had to show the membership cards of the party's chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq and secretary general Anis Matta who are overseas and were absent for Monday's verification process.

Separately, the General Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) issued a statement on Monday, saying that the KPU had violated its code of ethics on openness by remaining secretive in the earlier verification process.

The KPU has failed to give sufficient information as to why 18 of 34 registered political parties failed to pass administrative verification and be disqualified to compete in the 2014 elections.

Twelve of the 18 disqualified parties filed an appeal to the supervisory body, accusing the KPU of lacking transparency. "We recommend that the KPU include the 12 political parties in factual verification," Bawaslu chairman Muhammad said.