Incumbent, Ex-PUPR Officials To Members Of The East Java DPRD Officially Register For The 2024 Jember Pilbup Through PDIP

Three people returned the registration documents for prospective regents for the 2024 Pilkada to the Secretariat of the PDI-P Branch Leadership Council (PDIP) of Jember Regency, East Java (Jatim).

"The three people are the Regent of Jember Hendy Siswanto, former PUPR Ministry official Nanang Handono Prasetyo and East Java DPRD member Muhammad Fawait. The three of them registered as candidates for the Jember regent," said Secretary of the Jember PDIP DPC Widarto in Jember, Sunday, May 12, confiscated by Antara.

Previously, there were eight people who took the registration form for the regent and deputy regent candidates at the DPC Secretariat of the Jember PDIP, namely Jember Regent Hendy Siswanto, former PUPR Ministry official Nanang Handono Prasetyo and East Java DPRD member Muhammad Fawait, all three registered for readbup.

Then five other people, namely the village head of Silo Kamiludin (bacawabup), Jember DPRD member Hadi Supa'at (readwabup), former Jember Education Office Head Achmad Sudiono (bacabup), Deputy Chairman of the Jember DPRD Agus Sufyan (readawabup), and former Jember Regent Faida (readbup).

"Based on the stages of collecting the Jember PDIP DPC, the deadline for returning the readbup and readwabup registration form is until May 16, 2024," he said.

He said PDIP could not carry its own regional head candidate in the 2024 Pilkada because it only had eight seats in the local DPRD.

For this reason, PDIP continues to communicate with several other political parties that have seats in the Jember DPRD.

"I hope that all candidates can take part in the screening process to completion because the Jember PDIP DPC only conducts screening, then they will take the fit and proper test at the East Java PDIP DPD and PDIP DPP," he said.

Widarto said the announcement of the results of the selection of candidates for regent and prospective deputy regent candidates will be submitted on May 27, 2024. Furthermore, all candidates who are declared qualified can take part in the stages at the East Java PDIP DPD and PDIP DPP.

Previously, the Chairperson of the Jember Regency KPU Muhammad Syai'in said the pilkada stage was carried out based on KPU Regulation Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Stages and Schedules for the Election of Governors and Deputy Governors, Regents and Deputy Regents, as well as Mayors and Deputy Mayors of 2024.

"On May 5 to August 19, 2024, to fulfill the requirements for the support of individual candidates, then on August 24 to 26, 2024, the stage of announcing the registration of pairs of regional head candidates," he said.

On 27'29 August 2024, the Jember KPU will receive registration for the candidate pair for regent and deputy regent of Jember, then on 27 August to 21 September 2024 the research stages of candidate requirements.

It will be continued on September 22, 2024, the determination of the candidate pair for regent and deputy regent, then on September 25 to November 23, 2024, the campaign will be held and on November 27, 2024, the election will be held.