REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The next Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) secretary general had a number of task priorities, including to organize more transparent elections, a political analyst said. The new KPU secretary general would face a big challenge with the heating up of the political situation in the run-up to the general elections in 2014.

"Like a CEO in a company, the new KPU secretary general must be able to cope with the problem at the KPU. The big challenge it is facing is that when it has to take a neutral stance in handling cases of elections disputes," Ari Junaedi of the University of Indonesia, said on Wednesday.

He said that the new secretary general must overcome the schedule problems of every stage of the election process and the management of the KPU administration. "The often delayed deadlines in the stages of the election process must be overcome with a good time arrangement," he said.

The KPU should also has a good administration because political parties had so far always complained of bad management administration, he said.

"The one that should be picked up as the new secretary general should really understand matters on the elections and the KPU so that she or he would be able to overcome the emerging problems," Ari said.

A total of nine nominees are now undergoing a series of tests to contest the secretary general post of the KPU. According to KPU Commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiansyah, the nine nominees consist of Muhammad Dimyati, Reifeldi, H. Syarifuddin Side, Resman, Yuhardi R. Jusuf, Arif Rahman Hakim MS, Andi Pangerang Moenta, Noor Sidharta and Rizari.

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