Ask Anies To Stop Lying, Speaker Of DPRD: Governor Election Of DKI 2024 Legal Order

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD (Regional House of Representatives), Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to stop lying about the issue of the 2024 gubernatorial election which was deliberately pushed back. This is because the 2024 gubernatorial election is already regulated by law.

"Ask Governor Anies Baswedan to stop lying as if the Central Government deliberately postponed the gubernatorial election (Pilgub) until 2024. Because the implementation of the gubernatorial election is regulated in Law Number 10 of 2016 which was ratified a year before Anies became governor", said Prasetyo in his statement, Saturday, October 9

Based on the Law, especially Article 201 paragraph 8, it is clearly written that the Gubernatorial Election will be held in 2024. Thus, the position of the Governor of DKI will be filled by an Acting (Pj).

This is because Anies' term of service will end in 2021. Where he has served as the number one person in Jakarta since 2017.

"This law was made before Anies was elected governor of DKI. Don't make it look as if the Central Government has postponed the Jakarta gubernatorial election to stifle Anies' political ambitions", said Pras.

On the other hand, Pras also mentioned that Law Number 10 of 2016 has regulated various matters regarding the Governor Election and Regional Head Election. All officials elected in 2017 will end their terms in 2022.

"The implementation of the 2017 DKI gubernatorial election refers to this article. At that time, Anies participated in the gubernatorial election by becoming a candidate for the governor of DKI. Then, article 201 paragraph 3 states that the Governor and Deputy Governor, Regent and Deputy Regent, as well as Mayor and Deputy Mayor from the 2017 election, will serve as until 2022", said Pras.

For information, Anies Baswedan had said that he wanted to fight again in the DKI Jakarta Pilkada if it was not postponed to 2024. Anies admitted that he had prepared so that in the last year of his term of office he was used for campaigning if the DKI Regional Head Election was still held in 2017. 2023.

"In the past, the plan was for the last year, (if there was an election in 2023), then the campaign would start", said Anies.

Unfortunately, Anies' hopes were dashed because the DKI Regional Head Election was postponed to 2024. Therefore, in the last year of his term, Anies will take advantage of this momentum by continuing to work on completing the programs that have been launched.

“It turns out that there will be no elections next year. So that's it, let's just keep working, right? No campaign next year. If there is an election next year, we will campaign, but because there is no election, we have just continued working until the end", said Anies.