Unlike The DPR, Jokowi Wants A 90-Day 2024 Election Campaign Period

President Jokowi's Meeting with KPU Commissioners at the Palace/ Photo: Muchlis Jr - Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo received the arrival of commissioners from the Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) at the Merdeka Palace. Jokowi and the KPU commissioners discussed preparations for the 2024 General Election.

One of the issues discussed is the length of the campaign period, which is currently still being discussed. Jokowi believes that the campaign period will last for 90 days.

KPU chairman Hasyim Asyari admitted that his party also agreed with the duration of the campaign period for the election participants. However, this is different from the DPR's proposal which wants a campaign period of 75 days.

"The meeting point is the 90-day campaign. This will also have implications for logistics procurement and distribution processes, especially ballot papers and forms," said Hasyim at the Merdeka Palace, Monday, May 30.

Hasyim said that Jokowi and the KPU share the same view that the campaign should be shortened as much as possible to be more efficient and not cause problems in the community for a long time.

In addition to discussing the campaign period, Jokowi also wants to ensure that the 2024 General Election is carried out according to the schedule and on time at its five-year regular schedule.

Jokowi also advised all levels of the KPU, including the Central, Provincial, Regency/City KPU, to all election organizers to maintain and improve the quality of the election.

Some of the indicators include increasing voter participation involved in elections, increasing the quality of voter education, and improving the quality of electoral governance within the KPU.

In addition, Jokowi reminded the KPU to always be careful in carrying out the task of administering elections because election administration is political.

"The president reminded not to let technical aspects become political issues that are not under control, for example topics on voter registration, work procedures for organizing elections, voting processes to recapitulation and determination of election results nationally," said Hasyim.

Previously, the Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR, Junimart Girsang, said that the efficiency of the 2024 election campaign proposed by the DPR Commission II for 75 days was due to considering the transition from pandemic to endemic.

"The House of Representatives Commission II conveyed in a consignment meeting with election organizers and the government, that the campaign period is only 75 days taking into account the time and budget. The campaign period is because we are still in transition from a pandemic to endemic so for a physical campaign of 60 days and virtual 15 days," said Junimart , Monday 16 May.

In the DPR Commission II consignment meeting with election organizers and the government, the KPU explained that the 2024 election campaign period was 90 days.

This, he said, was based on the time allocation for the fulfillment of election logistics such as the manufacture and validation of print-ready ballot designs by the provider for 5 days.

"Then the mass printing approval by the KPU is 5 days, the production of printing ballots at the factory is 30 days; distribution to the provincial, regency/city KPU is 30 days; folding sorting and packing from the regency/city KPU to TPS is 20 days," he said.

However, according to him, in the meeting, Commission II of the DPR expressed an opinion that the campaign period is sufficient for 75 days by considering the efficiency of election time and budget.