Not Yet A Participants In The Election Is The Reason For Bawaslu To Say Ganjar's View On Azan TV Is Not A Campaign

Chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (12/9/2022). ANTARA/Narda Margaretha Sinambela

Chairman of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja assessed that the call to prayer broadcast featuring PDIP presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo at a private TV station in Indonesia was not a campaign. The campaign is an election participant or party appointed by the election participants. Then, there is a statement to convince the public. "Aren't election participants? Then to convince him where? Explicit, right?" said Bagja at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, September 12. Meanwhile, Ganjar is not an election participant, because he has not registered as a presidential candidate. "Can't the presidential candidate be a presidential candidate? Isn't it registered yet?" he said. Bagja also mentioned the problems that Anies Baswedan had experienced. Meanwhile, Anies was reported to Bawaslu for allegedly stealing the start of the campaign by a person named Mahmud Tamher. The report contains the signing of a petition for support for Presidentship carried out by reported AB (Anies Baswedan) on December 2, 2022 at the Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh City. "Just like Mas Anies yesterday, there was a case. That's what I remind the election participants, this is not it," he said. Campaign, continued Bagja, if someone offers vision and mission, work programs to self-image. According to him, these three things must be fulfilled to be called campaigns. "Those are three things that must be fulfilled to make a campaign. That is clear in Law Number 7 of 2017," said Bagja. Previously, the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi assessed that the call to prayer showed a presidential candidate from PDIP, Ganjar Pranowo, at a private TV station in Indonesia did not disturb the public. He even mentioned that as long as it was positively charged, there were no problems that could arise from the burden. "It's good, everyone who brings peace, whether in advertising or campaign products that bring peace and coolness to the community, is good," Budi said when met in Central Jakarta, Tuesday. When asked whether it violated the campaign provisions ahead of the general election (election), Budi said it was under the authority of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). Based on the schedule set by the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia, the registration of prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to start from October 19 to November 25, 2023. As regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total number of seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of valid votes nationally in the previous election for members of the DPR.

Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It could also be that the candidate pairs are promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition of at least 34,992,703 votes.