Jokowi Reminds KPU To Be Careful In Managing The 2024 Election: Election Can Have Political And Political Implications

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded that the 2024 election would be complex because presidential and legislative elections would be held simultaneously. Thus, the General Election Commission (KPU) is asked to be prepared and careful so that there is no negligence that has a negative impact.

This was conveyed by Jokowi while attending the 2024 General Election Readiness National Consolidation (Konsolnas) event. Initially, he said that the 45-day election was complex because millions of people would follow it, so it needed readiness from the KPU at the provincial and regional levels.

All of this must be ready. Indeed, the 2024 election is very complex. This is a simultaneous election, presidential election, DPR, DPD, provincial and district and city DPRD. Involving, the last number I received was 20,807,222 in 38 provinces, 514 districts and cities, 7,277 sub-districts, 83,771 villages. Involving 18 national political parties and 6 Aceh local parties," Jokowi said in a YouTube broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, Saturday, December 30.

"It's very complex and all of these laws orders must be carried out as well as possible," he continued.

Jokowi advised that the governance of the implementation of elections must be regulated in such a way. The readiness of officers to logistics distribution as well as the readiness of technology and systems must be a concern of the KPU so that no one is scattered.

"Don't let anything be scattered. Everything must be good and nothing should go wrong, including the tennis aspect. Be careful with this, we have to pay attention to small things in detail because technical negligence can have political implications, can have political implications," he said.

The President also said that election organizers' mistakes could also have other impacts. Such as disrupting the conduciveness and legitimacy of the five-year democratic party.

"So I invite guarantees that the reliability of the electoral information system and support equipment must function properly. It must be transparent, open, do not let hacking occur. Be careful about this," said Jokowi.

Jokowi hopes that the election can run well on February 14. "I want to invite all components of the nation together to keep this election running honestly and fairly," said Jokowi.

"The process is smooth and the results are good and reliable," he concluded.