KPU Ready To Receive Requirements Improvement Documents So Candidates For 2024

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The General Election Commission (KPU) of West Sumatra Province (West Sumatra) stated that it was ready to receive documents for the improvement of candidates for members of the West Sumatra Provincial DPRD from political parties and candidates for DPD members.

The Coordinator of the Sosdiklih, Parmas, and KPU Human Resources Division of West Sumatra Province, Jons Manedi, said that the repair of this required document from June 26 to July 8, 2023 was only until 16.00 WIB. On the last day of receiving the repair file, July 9, 2023, will be closed at 00.00 WIB.

Jons Manedi asked the leadership of political parties to immediately submit documents to improve the requirements for candidates by bringing the Model B. List of Repair Candidates with an attachment to the political party's approval letter.

"We hope that the leadership of political parties will immediately complete the upload of candidate requirements documents," he said in Padang, West Sumatra, Monday, July 4, which was confiscated by Antara.

After that, the repair of the documents that have been submitted, the West Sumatra Provincial KPU will verify the administration of the repair documents from July 10 to August 6, 2023.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Technical Division of the West Sumatra Province KPU Rahman also asked political parties experiencing problems in uploading documents to take advantage of the West Sumatra Province KPU helpdesk service.

"Until today, there are only two prospective members of the DPD RI who have confirmed to submit the documents for the improvement of the candidate requirements to the West Sumatra Provincial KPU," he said.

He mentioned that the two candidates for the DPD RI who will submit the revised requirements documents are Cerint Iuloza Tasya and Jelita Donal.

Previously, the West Sumatra Provincial KPU recorded 5 percent of the documents submitted by political parties for prospective members of the West Sumatra Provincial DPRD who were declared eligible for candidacy.

"We have verified the documents and only 5 percent have succeeded in meeting the existing regulations," said West Sumatra Provincial KPU member Ory Sativa.

Of the 1,079 documents for candidates for members of the West Sumatra Provincial DPRD submitted by political parties, he said, only 53 were declared eligible, while the rest were declared ineligible.

Likewise, candidates for DPD RI members are still found with nomination requirements that do not meet the requirements.

"There are five candidates who have not met the requirements and 12 candidates have met the requirements. For this DPD, what is widely wrong is the issue of title and diploma," he said.