REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government and House of Representatives (DPR) have finalized the draft of regional elections with an agreement that concurrent regional elections would be held in December 2015, a lawmaker stated here on Tuesday.

"The agreement was made on Monday. The draft bill itself will be approved in the House's plenary session today," Deputy Chairman of the House's Commission II overseeing governance and regional autonomy Lukman Edy said.

The lawmakers and representatives of the government also agreed that the concurrent regional elections would be held in seven rounds.

The first round would take place in December 2015 to elect the regional heads who would have ended their term in office by the end of this year and the first semester of 2016, he remarked.

The second round of concurrent regional elections would be held in February 2017 to elect those who would end their term in office in the second semester of 2016 and the end of 2017, Edy noted.

In 2027, the Indonesian people would witness the concurrent regional elections held across the country, he stated, adding that the acting governors and acting district heads would fill the vacant positions left by outgoing regional heads until definitive figures are elected by the people.

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