Indonesia court to rule on voting system change as election nears

FILE PHOTO: A worker uses a magnifier as he checks ballot papers printed for upcoming presidential election at a factory in Jakarta, Indonesia January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to issue a ruling on Thursday on a bid to change the country's voting system, an official said, a case that has sparked concern about a possible delay to an election just eight months away.

The case filed by several politicians, including a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Struggle Party (PDI-P) seeks a return of a closed ballot list system that was scrapped in 2008, where voters choose parties instead of local candidates.