KPU Prepares Draft PKPU For 2024 Election, Registration Of Political Parties April 2022

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) has prepared a draft KPU Regulation (PKPU) regarding the stages and schedule and budgeting of the 2024 Simultaneous Elections to Commission II of the DPR.

"We have prepared it and maybe later we can discuss the PKPU discussion for us to report to the ladies and gentlemen of Commission II. Well, of course we can discuss this debate there," said KPU chairman Ilham Saputra in a hearing meeting, Monday, September 6. .

The KPU, he continued, is also preparing the Population Population Aggregate List (DAK 2) and the Domestic and Overseas Potential Electoral Voters List (DP4) which must be updated immediately.

Regarding the election stages, Ilham said that the KPU temporarily scheduled the preparation process for registration and verification of political parties in April 2022.

"The KPU must also determine the District Election Committee (PPK), the Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) and the Voting Committee (PPS)," he said.

In addition, said Ilham, the KPU must compile a proposal for the Electoral District (Dapil) of the Level II DPRD. Meanwhile, the electoral districts for the provinces and the DPR RI are inseparable from Law 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

"Those are some of the things we have to do in 2022," he said.

Ilham added that the consignment meeting with the DPR and related parties had also proposed the 2024 Simultaneous Election, the preparation of which was carried out for 25 months before voting day.

The results of the consignment meeting also approved that the verification of the management of political parties, research and improvement would be carried out for 30 days.

Then, the duration of factual verification of political parties at the provincial, district/city levels is 53 days, the duration of the formation of PPK, PPLN and PPS is 92 days. The duration of the voter data updating is 30 days, the campaign is 120 days, the voting change from February 28 is changed to February 21.

The working period of PPK, PPS Pilkada is for six months before and two months after the election, the duration of nomination for regional heads is 18 days, the duration of the campaign period for regional head candidates is 60 days.

Ilham hopes that the election determination will be approved soon so that it can be carefully prepared.

"It would be better if the agreement to determine the election and this election could actually be accelerated. Because there are indeed many things that we need to prepare," said Ilham.