KPU Plans To Open Registration For Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates October 10

Illustration of the 2024 General Election

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) plans to open a registration schedule for presidential and vice presidential election participants on October 10, 2023. "We designed it from 10 to October 16, 2023," said Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Technical Division Idham Holik in his statement, Monday, September 4. The response from public test participants was followed up by means of a more in-depth study. If later needed, the KPU will make improvements to the draft of the regulation. So that when the KPU conducts consultations with the legislators of the three drafting KPU regulations it becomes more perfect. Idham also explained that the KPU is carrying out a legal process of drafting election stages by referring to the principle of legal certainty. When it refers to the minimum age of presidential candidates (candidates) and vice presidential candidates (cawapres), it states that the old provisions are still effective and applicable. "Regarding the minimum requirements, pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are only in the Constitutional Court. Currently, it is related to Article 169 concerning the minimum age requirements of 40 years are still effective in effect and that is what is our legal reference," he explained. In the public test, another PKPU draft discussed is a general election campaign. Except for places of worship, the campaign can be carried out in place of education and government facilities by obtaining permission from the person in charge and does not use campaign attributes.

The third is the PKPU draft on voting at polling stations (TPS) at home and abroad. The idea of calculating votes at the polling stations with two panels was discussed in this public test. Panel one is to calculate the results of the presidential and DPD elections. Then, panel two is to calculate the votes of members of the DPR, Provincial DPRD, and political parties.