Anies-Imin And Prabowo-Gibran's Last Akbar Campaign Both In Jakarta, KPU: No Problem
JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia announced the schedule for the general meeting campaign or the grand campaign of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election. On the last day of the grand campaign, two candidate pairs will hold a campaign at the same location, namely Jakarta.Presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 1 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar will campaign at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) and presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 2 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK). However, the KPU does not see this as a problem."In principle, there is no problem," said KPU RI Commissioner August Mellaz at the KPU RI office, Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, Friday, January 19.August explained that the KPU coordinated with the police to maintain the smooth campaign of each presidential and vice-presidential candidate. Coordination meetings are held regularly."At the end of January, we will schedule a coordination meeting between the candidate pair team, the KPU, and the police. We have communicated intensively with the police, including one of them related to how to engineer the flow," said Mellaz.August explained that the KPU provided flexibility for the three presidential and vice-presidential candidates to determine the location of the special grand campaign for the last three days of the campaign period."Especially for the last 3 days, there has been a request to then be given flexibility. So, it can be projected that there must be a meeting point," explained Mellaz.It is known that the KPU has set a schedule for grand campaigns or general meetings for 2024 presidential election participants. This determination is stated in KPU Decree Number 78 of 2024 regarding the grand campaign zone which will start on January 21 to February 7, 2024."The election campaign through the method of general meetings of political parties and pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are divided into three zones," wrote the KPU rules.In the distribution, zones A and B consist of 13 provinces each, while zone C consists of 12 provinces.Here's the grouping:- Zone A1. Aceh2. Riau3. Bengkulu4. Riau Islands5. Central Java6. Banten7. East Nusa Tenggara8. South Kalimantan9. North Sulawesi10. Southeast Sulawesi11. Maluku12. West Papua13. Papua Mountains- Zone B1. North Sumatra2. Jambi3. Lampung4. DKI Jakarta5. DI Yogyakarta6. Bali7. West Kalimantan8. East Kalimantan9. Central Sulawesi10. Gorontalo11. North Maluku12. South Papua13. Southwest PapuaZone C:1. West Sumatra2. South Sumatra3. Bangka Belitung Islands4. West Java5. East Java6. West Nusa Tenggara7. Central Kalimantan8. North Kalimantan9. South Sulawesi10. West Sulawesi11. Papua12. Central PapuaThe KPU has also determined the location of the grand campaign three days before the quiescent period or on February 8 to February 10, 2024. The following is the schedule:February 8, 2024- Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, campaign in West Java- Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, campaign in Central Java- Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, campaign in East JavaFebruary 9, 2024- Anies-Cak Imin, campaign in East Java (Sidoarjo)- Prabowo-Gibran, campaign in East Java (Surabaya)- Ganjar-Mahfud, campaign in DKI JakartaFebruary 10, 2024- Anies-Cak Imin, campaign in DKI Jakarta (JIS)- Prabowo-Gibran, campaign in DKI Jakarta (GBK)- Ganjar-Mahfud, campaign in Central Java.